Sir Walter RaleghChronicles the events of Raleigh's colorful life and provides insight into his temperament and ambitions in this penetrating portrait. |
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Page 149
... Bess's love affair had , by the very nature of the positions each held in Queen Elizabeth's entourage , to be secret , and this in itself tells us something of the strength of the feelings that swept the couple away , for both of them ...
... Bess's love affair had , by the very nature of the positions each held in Queen Elizabeth's entourage , to be secret , and this in itself tells us something of the strength of the feelings that swept the couple away , for both of them ...
Page 150
... Bess Throckmorton swayed his life - and his poetry – onto more authentic tracks . He came to see animal passion , and political philandering , for what they were . It is Arthur Throckmorton's diary that provides us with the most ...
... Bess Throckmorton swayed his life - and his poetry – onto more authentic tracks . He came to see animal passion , and political philandering , for what they were . It is Arthur Throckmorton's diary that provides us with the most ...
Page 165
... Bess had married Sir Walter Ralegh , was the beginning of a remorseless sequence of events . Bess's pregnancy and the arrival of Ralegh's first legiti- mate child meant that the spring and summer of 1592 would be a testing time . The ...
... Bess had married Sir Walter Ralegh , was the beginning of a remorseless sequence of events . Bess's pregnancy and the arrival of Ralegh's first legiti- mate child meant that the spring and summer of 1592 would be a testing time . The ...
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