Elizabethans Errant; The Strange Fortunes of Sir Thomas Sherley and His Three Sons As Well in the Dutch Wars as in Muscovy, Morocco, Persia, Spain, and the Indies
by Davies, D. W
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in fair dust jacket. Price clipped. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips.
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About This Item
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1967. First edition. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good in fair dust jacket. Price clipped. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips.. xv, 337 p. illus. (part fold) ports. 24 cm. Notes (includes bibliographic information). Index. Extravagant adventures of four English gentlemen on the make. As ambassadors and secret agents, pirates and government officials, army officers, debtors, and world travelers, the Sherleys were legends in their own time. ''Among them they managed to pursue almost every activity open to the European gentleman, running the gamut from crime to heroism.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64351
- Title
- Elizabethans Errant; The Strange Fortunes of Sir Thomas Sherley and His Three Sons As Well in the Dutch Wars as in Muscovy, Morocco, Persia, Spain, and the Indies
- Author
- Davies, D. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in fair dust jacket. Price clipped. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Presumed first printing
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, NY
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Robert Dudley, Husein Ali Beg, Levant Company, Charles Howard, George Manwaring, William Monson, William Parry, Nuqd Ali Beg, Walter Ralegh, Tahmasp, Peregrin Bertie Willoughby, Zwolle
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