A stain in the blood : the remarkable voyage of Sir Kenelm Digby : pirate and poet, courtier and cook, king's servant and traitor's son
Moshenska, Joseph, 1983-2016
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On 16 August 1628, five battle-scarred English ships sailed through the narrow entrance of the harbour on the Greek island of Milos. Dropping anchor, the 25-year old captain banqueted with the local lord before sitting down to write an account of his journey - an account that would transform him entirely. Sir Kenelm Digby was known as one of the most extraordinary Englishmen who ever lived: a trusted advisor to the King, a pioneering philosopher and scientist, and a thinker whose ideas are as relevant now as they were during his own troubled times. He was also widely known as the 'son of a traytor and husband of a whore': a man who witnessed his father's gruesome execution for high treason, and the lover of the most celebrated beauty of the age, Venetia Stanley. This book is the story of a remarkable life, and of a journey that helped to shape a nation.
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Author:
Moshenska, Joseph, 1983-, author
Imprint:
London : William Heinemann, 2016.
Collation:
xix, 553 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780434022892 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942'.062'092
Language:
English
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BRN:
28045