Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh - Rilegato

Beer, Anna

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ISBN 10: 1786074346 ISBN 13: 9781786074348

Casa editrice: Oneworld Pubns Ltd, 2018

Riassunto

A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year

A writer, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer, Sir Walter Ralegh lived more lives than most in his own time, in any time. The fifth son of a Devonshire gentleman, he rose to become Queen Elizabeth’s favourite, only to be charged with treason by her successor.

Less than a year after the death of his Queen, Ralegh was in the Tower, watching as the scene was set for his own execution.

Patriot or Traitor is the dramatic story of his rise and fall.

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PRAISE FOR SOUNDS AND SWEET AIRS:
"The cultural historian Anna Beer's rewarding new book about the forgotten women of classical music includes insightful portraits of eight composers, a couple of whom are truly forgotten, like the 17th-century Italian Francesca Caccini. But penetrating essays on better-known figures, like Clara Schumann, are even more interesting for the way Ms. Beer conveys the sexism and lifelong frustrations some immensely gifted creative artists encountered."
Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times

"Absorbing ... [Beer] writes with rich detail and sympathetic insight about [these women's] ambitious, adventurous battles to overcome barriers to creativity."
-- Publishers Weekly

"Savvy, sympathetic ... essential and insightful study of a woman's unsung place in the closed world of classical music."
--The Wall Street Journal

L'autore:

Anna Beer is a cultural historian and one of the leading experts on the life and works of Sir Walter Ralegh. She has written biographies of Milton and Lady Bess Ralegh, and Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music, which is also published by Oneworld. She is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford.

Anna Beer is a cultural historian and one of the leading experts on the life and works of Sir Walter Ralegh. She has written biographies of Milton and Lady Bess Ralegh, and Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music, which is also published by Oneworld. She is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oneworld Pubns Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1786074346
• ISBN 13: 9781786074348
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 317