Life of Sir Walter Ralegh: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Life of Sir Walter Ralegh, credited to Louise Creighton, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Life of Sir Walter Ralegh by Louise Creighton. Read in English by Pamela Nagami Sir Walter Ralegh (c. 1552-1618), English soldier, explorer, courtier, writer, and poet was one of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era. Louise Creighton's short biography follows him from the wars in Spain to the jungles of Guiana. Ralegh sparkles in a court riddled with intrigue and constrained by attendance on the brilliant, imperious Elizabeth and on her successor, that rigid mediocrity, James. During his long confinement in the Tower of London, Ralegh conducted chemical experiments and wrote a ''History of the World.'' Everyone knows that things did not end well for Sir Walter, but time has not tarnished the charisma of his life. Creighton writes, ''There was no field of activity then open to men into which he did not enter...In an age remarkable for its varied forms of intellectual vigour, he represents with wonderful many-sidedness the different interests which then absorbed men's minds.'' (Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Life of Sir Walter Ralegh
• Author credits: Louise Creighton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 28
• Listed recording duration: 6:37:45

Catalogue topics

• Queen Elizabeth
• Sir Walter Raleigh
• francis bacon
• james i
• guiana
• spanish armada
• virginia colony
• philip ii

Opening tracks: first 24 of 28

1. 01 - Introduction — 3:50
2. 02 - Ch. 1: Walter Ralegh's Youth — 11:45
3. 03 - Ch. 2: Ralegh in Ireland — 15:29
4. 04 - Ch. 3: Ralegh at Court, Pt. 1 — 12:23
5. 05 - Ch. 3: Ralegh at Court, Pt. 2 — 10:52
6. 06 - Ch. 4: Ralegh's First Schemes of Colonization, Pt. 1 — 21:02
7. 07 - Ch. 4: Ralegh's First Schemes of Colonization, Pt. 2 — 10:01
8. 08 - Ch. 5: The Spanish Armada — 15:22
9. 09 - Ch. 6: Ralegh in Disgrace, Pt. 1 — 11:16
10. 10 - Ch. 6: Ralegh in Disgrace, Pt. 2 — 14:30
11. 11 - Ch. 7: Ralegh's First Voyage to Guiana, Pt. 1 — 15:51
12. 12 - Ch. 7: Ralegh's First Voyage to Guiana, Pt. 2 — 10:04
13. 13 - Ch. 8: The Attack on Cadiz, Pt. 1 — 15:26
14. 14 - Ch. 8: The Attack on Cadiz, Pt. 2 — 14:05
15. 15 - Ch. 9: Last Days of Elizabeth, Pt. 1 — 14:01
16. 16 - Ch. 9: Last Days of Elizabeth, Pt. 2 — 16:07
17. 17 - Ch. 10: Accession of James I, Pt. 1 — 10:12
18. 18 - Ch. 10: Accession of James I, Pt. 2 — 10:34
19. 19 - Ch. 11: Conspiracies Against James I — 15:37
20. 20 - Ch. 12: Ralegh's Trial at Winchester, Pt. 1 — 10:20
21. 21 - Ch. 12: Ralegh's Trial at Winchester, Pt. 2 — 12:43
22. 22 - Ch. 13: Ralegh in the Tower, Pt. 1 — 15:43
23. 23 - Ch. 13: Ralegh in the Tower, Pt. 2 — 19:21
24. 24 - Ch. 14: The History of the World — 16:30

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