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Sir John Davis 1560 - 1625 - Scholar, Soldier and Rebel (Paperback)
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Sir John Davis 1560 - 1625 - Scholar, Soldier and Rebel (Paperback)
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Loot Price R442
Discovery Miles 4 420
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`A shepstar's (dressmaker) son, hatched in Gutter lane', Davis
became an Oxford scholar, a skilled mathematician. The story might
have ended there, teaching at the University or schoolmastering.
Instead he became a soldier and follower of the Earl of Essex and
lost everything when he joined him in rebellion. He saved his life
by turning government supergrass and in the process destroyed
Essex's line of defence. His rehabilitation was tortuous, but he
died a country gentleman. The book casts new light on the plotting
that preceded the rebellion of 1601 and on the examinations and
trial that followed it. It also describes the military career of a
middle-ranking officer, who was a `conformable' Catholic, finally
distinguishing him from so many others of the same name. Roger
Ashley, like Davis, graduated from Worcester College (then
Gloucester Hall) and has found Sir John persistently invading his
spare time since postgraduate days.
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