9780805075021 - Sir Walter Raleigh: Being a True and Vivid Account of the Life and Times of the Explorer, Soldier, Scholar, Poet, and Courtier--the Controversial Hero of the Elizab... (18 results)

Condition: acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.

Condition: Very Good. 1st American Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. 1st American Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. 1st American Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: acceptable. Fairly worn, but readable and intact. If applicable: Dust jacket, disc or access code may not be included.

622 pages including index, bibliography, and notes, illustrated. The book appears unread. There is a little bit of sticker residue on the rear of the jacket.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. [Interesting provenance: From the private library of renowned historian, Philip D. Morgan.] First Printing. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Corner bumped. Contains Philip Morgan's personal notes. From the professional library of Dr. Philip D. Morgan, a professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. Morgan specializes in the African-American experience, the history of slavery, the early Caribbean, and the study of the early Atlantic world. Morgan is the author of more than 14 books on Colonial America and African American history. He has won both the Bancroft Prize and the Frederick Douglass Prize for his book Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry (1998).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st US. (Book Club--unstated) Large, thicker, sturdy book, dark gray covers, bright gilt lettering and flowery design on spine, spine very slightly curved inward, 622 pages, including a glossy photo section and other illustrations throughout. DJ glossy, black at center front, spine and back with a wide ornate gold border to all sides, a color portrait of Raleigh with hand on a globe, praise at center back from The Scotsman, The Sunday Telegraph, the Sunday Times, Literary Review, New Statesman and Geoffrey Moorhouse in The Guardian. DJ and book both As New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Crisp as new copy in VG jacket.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American. (2002), 622pp, illus., gift note to front free ep, slight rubbing to dj, contents clean & unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. This is a near fine hardcover first edition copy in a like mylar protected DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. book, binding, DJ and text in fine condition, binding tight and square no damage, DJ no damage, text clean and unmarked name of PO on ffep, but for the PO name the book is in as new condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stated first U. S. edition. First printing. Unclipped, mylar protected dust jacket. Like new condition except for a slight crease to the spine's crown. The DJ has no tears, creases or chips.

Condition: Gut. XVIII, 621 Seiten / p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - Tall, dark, handsome, and damnably proud, Sir Walter Raleigh was one of history's most charismatic, romantic, and misunderstood characters. Yet to his enemies - and there were many - he was an arrogant liar, deserving of every one of his thirteen years in the Tower of London. Was Sir Walter a hero - or a deceiver, terrorist, and ruthless adventurer? What caused his rising star to fall so dramatically, ending with his execution in 1618? -- One contemporary referred to Raleigh as "fortune's tennis ball" moving in and out of favor in the shark pool of Elizabethan court politics. He trifled with a vain and aging queen, dazzling her with exploits and devotions until, without her permission, he married a Maid-of-Honour. It was a major mistake for an adventurer too often absent from court and its changing alliances. -- The story of Raleigh's tempestuous relationship with the "dear Empress of my heart" is one of the central threads of this engrossing book. Another is its sense of place. Raleigh Trevelyan descended from the family of Sir Walter and lives in England's West Country: his sense of Raleigh's Devon roots offers a key to his character. Trevelyan has traveled to each of the principal places in which Raleigh lived his great adventures - the ill-fated Roanoke, where he founded the first colony in America; Ireland, where he suppressed rebellious Catholics and introduced the potato; Spain and the Azores, where he pillaged as both commander and pirate; Orinoco, presentday Venezuela, where he lost his beloved son while searching for the phantom gold of El Dorado. In each of these travels he has found new insights into Raleigh's life, as he has in the Spanish archives. The result is the most immediate, detailed, and convincing portrait of one of the most compelling figures in English history. ISBN 9780805075021 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1035 16,2 x 5,4 x 24,2 cm, Originalhardcover mit Schutzumschlag / with dust jacket.