Raleigh

by Edmund Gosse

Book Overview

Walter Raleigh was born, so Camden and an anonymous astrologer combine to assure us, in 1552. The place was Hayes Barton, a farmstead in the parish of East Budleigh, in Devonshire, then belonging to his father; it passed out of the family, and in 1584 Sir Walter attempted to buy it back. 'For the natural disposition I have to the place, being born in that house, I had rather seat myself there than anywhere else, ' he wrote to a Mr. Richard Duke, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517636779
• ISBN13: 9781517636777
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"