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Life of Sir Walter Ralegh

Life of Sir Walter Ralegh

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Number of Chapters: 28

Length: 06 hours and 37 minutes

Language: English

Sir Walter Ralegh (c. 1552-1618), English soldier, explorer, courtier, writer, and poet was one of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era. Louise Creighton's short biography follows him from the wars in Spain to the jungles of Guiana. Ralegh sparkles in a court riddled with intrigue and constrained by attendance on the brilliant, imperious Elizabeth and on her successor, that rigid mediocrity, James. During his long confinement in the Tower of London, Ralegh conducted chemical experiments and wrote a ''History of the World.'' Everyone knows that things did not end well for Sir Walter, but time has not tarnished the charisma of his life. Creighton writes, ''There was no field of activity then open to men into which he did not enter...In an age remarkable for its varied forms of intellectual vigour, he represents with wonderful many-sidedness the different interests which then absorbed men's minds.'' (Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

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Introduction (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 1: Walter Ralegh's Youth (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 2: Ralegh in Ireland (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 3: Ralegh at Court, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 3: Ralegh at Court, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 4: Ralegh's First Schemes of Colonization, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 4: Ralegh's First Schemes of Colonization, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 5: The Spanish Armada (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 6: Ralegh in Disgrace, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 6: Ralegh in Disgrace, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 7: Ralegh's First Voyage to Guiana, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 7: Ralegh's First Voyage to Guiana, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 8: The Attack on Cadiz, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 8: The Attack on Cadiz, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 9: Last Days of Elizabeth, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 9: Last Days of Elizabeth, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 10: Accession of James I, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 10: Accession of James I, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 11: Conspiracies Against James I (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 12: Ralegh's Trial at Winchester, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 12: Ralegh's Trial at Winchester, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 13: Ralegh in the Tower, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 13: Ralegh in the Tower, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 14: The History of the World (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 15: Ralegh's Last Voyage, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 15: Ralegh's Last Voyage, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 16: The Execution of Sir Walter Ralegh, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 16: The Execution of Sir Walter Ralegh, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
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