court and courtiers

Recounts the adventurous life of the English explorer and courtier who spelled his name "Ralegh" and led many expeditions to the New World.

Describes the rise to power of the high noblesse de Robe--the personnel of the sovereign courts of France--after the death of Louis XIV, and the concurrent resurgence of the French aristocracy.

Examines the life and times of sixteenth-century writer and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, discussing his early life and fortune, his favor at the court of England's Queen Elizabeth I, his founding of the first American colony at Roanoke, and his trial for treason.

Illuminates the lives of the Mancini sisters, Marie and Hortense, who abandoned their arranged marriages and the court of Louis XIV of France to live lives on the run, winning the affections of kings and noblemen, spending their time gambling, disguising themselves as men, and publicly disputing the rights of their husbands over their lives.

Chronicles the life of sixteenth-century British explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, describing his founding of Virginia, the first English settlement in the New World; his search for El Dorado; and his imprisonment in the Tower of London.