Sir Walter Raleigh

An enthralling biography of the most exciting and charismatic adventurer in the history of the English-speaking world.

"This massive work provides a cogent look at Elizabethan England as Trevelyan suspends Walter Raleigh's life in the tensions of the time. . . . This thorough and accomplished work is the new standard for Raleighana." —Booklist

Tall, dark, handsome, and damnably proud, Sir Walter Raleigh was one of history's most romantic characters. An explorer, soldier, courtier, pirate, a...