Description:Chapters: Philip Sidney, Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Frederick Richard Lee, Sandy Gall, Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, William Fulman, John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, George Martin (Cricketer, Born 1833), Timothy Duke. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 17 October 1586) became one of the Elizabethan Age's most prominent figures. Famous in his day in England as a poet, courtier and soldier, he remains known as the author of Astrophel and Stella (1581, pub. 1591), The Defence of Poetry (also known as The Defence of Poesy or An Apology for Poetry, 1581, pub. 1595), and The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (1580, pub. 1590). Born at Penshurst Place, Kent, he was the eldest son of Sir Henry Sidney and Lady Mary Dudley. His mother was the daughter of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and the sister of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. His younger sister, Mary Sidney, married Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. Mary Sidney, who upon her marriage became the Countess of Pembroke, was a writer, translator and literary patron. Sidney dedicated his longest work, the Arcadia, to her. After her brother's death, Mary Sidney Herbert reworked the Arcadia, now known as The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. Philip was educated at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was much travelled and highly learned. In 1572, he travelled to France as part of the embassy to negotiate a marriage between Elizabeth I and the Duc D'Alen on. He spent the next several years in mainland Europe, moving through Germany, Italy, Poland, the Kingdom of Hungary and Austria. On these travels, he met a number of prominent European intellectuals and politicians. Returning to ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=15667We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Penshurst: Philip Sidney, Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst. To get started finding People from Penshurst: Philip Sidney, Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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2010
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1155821327
People from Penshurst: Philip Sidney, Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
Description: Chapters: Philip Sidney, Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Frederick Richard Lee, Sandy Gall, Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, William Fulman, John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, George Martin (Cricketer, Born 1833), Timothy Duke. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 17 October 1586) became one of the Elizabethan Age's most prominent figures. Famous in his day in England as a poet, courtier and soldier, he remains known as the author of Astrophel and Stella (1581, pub. 1591), The Defence of Poetry (also known as The Defence of Poesy or An Apology for Poetry, 1581, pub. 1595), and The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (1580, pub. 1590). Born at Penshurst Place, Kent, he was the eldest son of Sir Henry Sidney and Lady Mary Dudley. His mother was the daughter of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and the sister of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. His younger sister, Mary Sidney, married Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. Mary Sidney, who upon her marriage became the Countess of Pembroke, was a writer, translator and literary patron. Sidney dedicated his longest work, the Arcadia, to her. After her brother's death, Mary Sidney Herbert reworked the Arcadia, now known as The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. Philip was educated at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was much travelled and highly learned. In 1572, he travelled to France as part of the embassy to negotiate a marriage between Elizabeth I and the Duc D'Alen on. He spent the next several years in mainland Europe, moving through Germany, Italy, Poland, the Kingdom of Hungary and Austria. On these travels, he met a number of prominent European intellectuals and politicians. Returning to ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=15667We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Penshurst: Philip Sidney, Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst. To get started finding People from Penshurst: Philip Sidney, Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.