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Sir Walter Ralegh by Ruth Padel

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Sir Walter Ralegh, poet, scholar, soldier and explorer, travel-writer, historian and favorite courtier of Queen Elizabeth-I, was born in Devon around 1552, knighted in 1584, imprisoned twice in the Tower of London, where he wrote his "History of the World", and executed in 1618. This book features a collection of Sir Walter's poems.

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Sir Walter Ralegh by Ruth Padel

The poet Ruth Padel, introduces the works of Sir Walter Ralegh.

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Ruth Padel was born in London in 1947 and educated at Oxford. She lived for several years in Greece and worked as a Greek scholar before becoming a freelance writer. She has won the National Poetry Competition and published two books about reading modern poetry, most recently The Poem and the Journey. Other non-fiction includes I'm A Man, about rock music and Greek myth, and Tigers in Red Weather, a nature book and travel memoir about the years she spent searching for tigers in Asian jungles. She has published six collections of poems, most recently The Soho Leopard (2004).
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ISBN 13 9780571238040
ISBN 10 0571238041
Title Sir Walter Ralegh
Author Ruth Padel
Series Poet To Poet
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2010-08-05
Number of pages 144
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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