I, Roger Williams: A Novel - Brossura

Settle, Mary Lee

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ISBN 10: 0393323838 ISBN 13: 9780393323832

Casa editrice: W. W. Norton & Company, 2002

Riassunto

The story of approaching civil war in England is told through the eyes of Roger Williams, who was taken from obscurity to clerk for the celebrated English jurist Sir Edward Coke, where he witnessed firsthand the brutal politics of Jacobean London. By the author of Blood Tie. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Mary Lee Settle won the National Book Award for her novel Blood Ties and was the founder of the P.E.N./Faulkner Prize. She died in 2005.

Product Description:

In this beautiful and feelingly written book, Mary Lee Settle tells the story of Roger Williams: the most compelling figure in colonial America. Plucked from obscurity to clerk for the celebrated English jurist Sir Edward Coke, Williams had a ringside seat on the brutal politics of Jacobean London. He was witness to the pomp of the Star Chamber; the burning of a dissenter; and the humiliation of his master by King James and the royal favorite, the dangerously beautiful Buckingham. Haunted by ambition and love for a woman above his station, he fled to New England, where repression and conformity wore different clothes. In Settle's terrific account, the little known history of Williams emerges in layers, detailing the turbulent, dedicated life of a man committed to individuality and political freedom.

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• Editore: W. W. Norton & Company
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0393323838
• ISBN 13: 9780393323832
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 318