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Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh), by Robert Lacey 1973 First American Edition HB

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Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh), by Robert Lacey 1973 First American Edition HB Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh), by Robert Lacey 1973 First American Edition HB

SYNOPSIS:  436 pages.Sir Walter Ralegh was the most colorful and exciting of all the great Elizabethans. Explorer, poet, pirate, and scientist, he was Queen Elizabeth's most famous courtier and the archetypal Renaissance gentleman. Robert Lacey, whose previous book, on the Earl of Essex, was acclaimed as "the biography of the year," brings many new disclosures together. Ralegh's recently discovered love affair with the Irish girl, Alice Goold, his care for their illegitimate child, his secret wedding with Bess Throckmorton, and his attempt to commit suicide in the Tower are now all woven into the more familiar career of the man who found fame, fortune, and, in the end, the executioner's ax. Robert Lacey's book is also the first to be based on an accurate chronology of Ralegh's own writings.

Publisher: Atheneum, New York. Atheneneum is First American Edition, 1974.

Format: Hardback. No dust jacket. NOT an EX LIB.

Condition: Very Good condition. Red cloth boards with gold foil lettering on spine. Minor wear to covers, beginning to loosen under spine cover, but still tightly bound overall. Loosened spine cover is repairable by simply regluing. Price marked on back inside cover. Inner pages in excellent condition with no markings, tears, or other flaws noted. Great black and white illustrations throughout. Photos illustrate condition.

See Grading Scale page for explanation of grades. Photos of any obvious condition issues will be provided.

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