WALTER RALEGH: Architect of Empire
Tells the story of the famed courtier, poet, and colonizer to reveal how he laid the foundations of the English Empire. This absorbing and surprising biography reconstructs the strange brew of science, mysticism, poetry, utopianism, and militarism against Spain to demonstrate how the English saw colonies and empire as the central facet of human history. Illus.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 560
Publisher: Basic
ISBN: 9781541645790
Item #: 4958438