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The Letters Of Sir Walter Ralegh (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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The Letters Of Sir Walter Ralegh (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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This edition of the letters of Sir Walter Ralegh will replace the
long out-of-print edition of Edward Edwards published in 1868. It
contains the full text, in the original spelling, with modern
punctuation, of all known surviving letters, 240 in all, compared
with Edwards' 160, in most cases taken from the original
manuscripts, many never before published. All are extensively
annotated, many have been newly dated and corrected; there is a
substantial Introduction by Joyce Youings. The letters help to
reconcile the family man, never happier than when at home on his
estate in the West Country, with one who is revered, especially in
North America, as the founder and inspirer of English overseas
settlement. They show him drawn both towards his native West
Country, where he was not universally admired, and towards the
Court at Westminster where lay the determination of the success or
failure of his enterprises. Never before have we been able to get
as near to understanding the strengths and weaknesses of one of the
best-known figures of English history, the man who was both patriot
and European; courtier and failed politician; soldier and poet;
owner of ships and organiser of privateering ventures yet a
reluctant sailor; greedy for personal wealth and social status but
apparently ready to plead the case of the poor and disadvantaged.
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