Here Was a Man by Norah Lofts

Here Was a Man by Norah Lofts

From one of the original leading ladies of historical fiction, this reissued classic captures the life of sir Walter Raleigh--a man of extraordinary ambition whose complex relationship with Elizabeth I followed him around the globe.

Beloved historical novelist Norah Lofts was the queen of royal tales for generations. Loft's books are back, and in Here Was a Man, one of the greatest adventurers of the sixteenth century vividly and romantically comes to life. When young Walter Raleigh first presented himself before Elizabeth I, he dreamt of carving out an empire in the New World to lay at her feet. But Elizabeth is equally determined to keep this handsome, witty young man at her side. Through years of frustration, violent quarrels, reconciliation, and the challenges and rewards of exploration, Raleigh desperately tries to hold on to his dream. Lofts peoples her rich tale with some of the greatest personalities of the age, including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Sir Phillip Sydney, and Sir Francis Drake, painting a detailed portrait of the Elizabethan era in all its colorful, contentious glory. Sweeping readers from the courts of Europe to the jungles of South America, Here Was a Man offers history lovers a feast that only Norah Lofts could deliver.

Norah Lofts was a well-known and well-liked historical novelist who was known for her accurate use of period detail. Lofts, who was born in Norfolk, England in 1904, published more than fifty works of fiction, nonfiction, and short stories over her half-century career, including The King's Pleasure and Here Was a Man, and was a bestselling author on both sides of the Atlantic.

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ISBN 13	9781416590910
ISBN 10	1416590919
Title	Here Was a Man
Author	Norah Lofts
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Touchstone Books
Year published	2009-07-14
Number of pages	304
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