Here Was a Man: A Novel of Sir Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth I (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781416590910)

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.

Author: Norah Lofts
ISBN-10: 1416590919
ISBN-13: 9781416590910
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Language: English
Published: 07/14/2009
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d