Great Englishmen of the sixteenth century: Philip Sidney, Thomas More, Walter Ralegh, Edmund Spenser, Francis Bacon and William Shakespeare Contributor(s): Lee, Sidney (Author) |
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ISBN: 3863473248 ISBN-13: 9783863473242 Publisher: Severus OUR PRICE: $47.41 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Biographical |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.03 lbs) 368 pages |
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Publisher Description: Thomas More, Philip Sidney, Walter Ralegh, Edmund Spencer, Francis Bacon and William Shakespeare were chosen to represent the atmosphere of the whole sixteenth century in England. Each of these men influenced the following generation and this opus describes accuratly an epoche of intellectual uprising which accompanied the ascendency of the British Empire. Based on his great knowledge of the epoche Sidney Lee, editor of the Dictionary of National Biography and several English classics, gives a profound view of six great men of the English Renaissance and their impact on British history. |