The Last Elizabethan (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Constance Fecher
- First Published: 1972
- Time of Work: 1552–1618
- Setting: Devon and London, England; the Spanish coast; Virginia; Trinidad; and the Orinoco River
- Principal Characters: Sir Walter Ralegh, Bess Throckmorton Ralegh, Wat Ralegh, Elizabeth I, Robert Devereux, James I, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Robert Cecil, Henry, George Carew
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Voyages, Philosophy or philosophers, Courage, Betrayal, Friendship, England or English people, Kings, queens, or royalty, Loyalty, London, Fame, Ambition, Adventure, Military life or service, Heroes or heroism, Renaissance, Exploration or explorers, Nobility, Monarchy
- Locales: Virginia, Spain, England, Trinidad
Form and Content
The Last Elizabethan: A Portrait of Sir Walter Ralegh follows a chronological progression from Ralegh’s childhood as the youngest son of a poor but proud Devon- shire country gentleman to his execution on trumped up charges sixty-four years later. Constance Fecher’s book is not a fictionalized, romanticized history; it is a careful study of an intriguing, courageous individual who was perhaps too modern, intelligent, and tolerant for his age. Ralegh was a poet, scientist, sailor, colonizer, courtier, historian, a favorite of a great queen, and a...
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