This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Index

CONTENTS

Preface

List Of Authorities

Corrigenda

I. Genealogy

II. In Search Of A Career (1552-1581)

III. Royal Favour (1581-1582)

IV. Offices And Endowments (1582-1587)

V. Virginia (1583-1587)

VI. Patron And Courtier (1583-1590)

VII. Essex. The Armada (1587-1589)

VIII. The Poet (1589-1593)

IX. The Revenge (September, 1591)

X. In The Tower. The Great Carack (1592)

XI. At Home; And In Parliament (1592-1594)

XII. Guiana (1594-1595)

XIII. Cadiz. The Islands Voyage (1596-1597)

XIV. Final Feud With Essex (1597-1601)

XV. The Zenith (1601-1603)

XVI. Cobham And Cecil (1601-1603)

XVII. The Fall (April-June, 1603)

XVIII. Awaiting Trial (July-November, 1603)

XIX. The Trial (November 17)

XX. Its Justice And Equity

XXI. Reprieve (December 10, 1603)

XXII. A Prisoner (1604-1612)

XXIII. Science And Literature (1604-1615)

XXIV. The Release (March, 1616)

XXV. Preparing For Guiana (1616-1617)

XXVI. The Expedition (May, 1617-June, 1618)

XXVII. Return To The Tower (June-August, 1618)

XXVIII. A Moral Rack (August 10-October 15)

XXIX. A Substitute For A Trial (October 22, 1618)

XXX. Ralegh's Triumph (October 28-29, 1618)

XXXI. Spoils And Penalties

XXXII. Contemporary And Final Judgments

Index