Beginning from the trite saying that truth is stranger than fiction, Kingsley argues that heroic ages should be taken at their word. He follows Raleigh through Elizabethan intrigue, the Azores expedition and the quarrel with Essex at Fayal, to his long imprisonment and death, defending him against detractors.
A spirited essay by the author of Westward Ho, as much about Victorian hero-worship as Raleigh. Download the free EPUB.