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In this extraordinarily well researched and insightful biography, Marc Aronson explores the amazing accomplishments and dismal failures of one of the most flamboyant figures of the Elizabethan age. Best remembered for laying his coat in a muddy puddle so that Queen Elizabeth I could walk across it, Sir Walter Ralegh committed himself to pleasing his monarch and obtaining power in her court. He heroically risked his life in battle time and again, chasing after glory to win her favor. His notoriously ill-fated quest for the mythological golden city of El Dorado was perhaps his grandest attempt, but it also was his undoing, and Ralegh ultimately paid for his mistakes with his life. Despite his shortcomings, he was not only charismatic and brave, he was brilliant as well, and his contributions to the New World and to western culture as a whole were vast and enduring. MAPS, ENDNOTES and BIBLIOGRAPHY, TIMELINE, INDEX.
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In this extraordinarily well researched and insightful biography, Marc Aronson explores the amazing accomplishments and dismal failures of one of the most flamboyant figures of the Elizabethan age. Best remembered for laying his coat in a muddy puddle so that Queen Elizabeth I could walk across it, Sir Walter Ralegh committed himself to pleasing his monarch and obtaining power in her court. He heroically risked his life in battle time and again, chasing after glory to win her favor. His notoriously ill-fated quest for the mythological golden city of El Dorado was perhaps his grandest attempt, but it also was his undoing, and Ralegh ultimately paid for his mistakes with his life. Despite his shortcomings, he was not only charismatic and brave, he was brilliant as well, and his contributions to the New World and to western culture as a whole were vast and enduring. MAPS, ENDNOTES and BIBLIOGRAPHY, TIMELINE, INDEX.
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- Title Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado
- Author Marc Aronson
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Clarion Books, New York
- Publication date 2000-04-17
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780395848272 / 039584827X
- Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 7.5 x 0.88 in (22.86 x 19.05 x 2.24 cm)
- Age range 12 to UP years
- Grade levels 7 - UP
- Reading level 1030
- Category Young Adult Biography
- Library of Congress subjects Explorers, Explorers - Great Britain
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99043096
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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