Barnaby Rich: A Short Biography

by Dorothy Hart Bruce, Thomas Mabry Cranfill, Dorothy Hart Bruce

Book Overview

Soldier, sea captain, freebooter, courtier, writer, reformer, and informer, Barnaby Rich was a man of his time. In the service of Queen Elizabeth, Rich took part in numerous campaigns fraught with hardship and disaster in France, the Low Countries, and Ireland. After twenty years of soldiering, he wrote Riche His Farewell to Militarie Profession, which attracted the attention of the Queen herself, as well as William Shakespeare and many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292729332
• ISBN13: 9780292729339
• Release Date: June 1953
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"