by Elizabeth Burton
(Longmans HB 1970, Arrow PB 1973)
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The Elizabethans at Home, by Elizabeth Burton (Longmans HB 1970, Arrow PB 1973) |
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person could amass a respectable library of
Elizabethan history just by buying every book ever written by A.L. Rowse,
who turned out over fifty volumes during his long life (editor's note:
Amazon is listing over 100, Rick. :-) ). Rowse is always readable and
lively, and in this book he is at his best. The history of the Elizabethan
voyages to North America is one of bravery, extravagance, brilliant
seamanship, and complete financial failure. Virtually every investor in the
American voyages lost a bundle of money, but they kept investing anyway,
spurred by the obvious wealth of the new territories. Some interesting,
noble, and eccentric characters are covered in this book, and it is possible
to see in these visionaries the first seeds of a set of cultural traits
which we now consider to be very American. Buy this book at Amazon.com!
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