Golden Antilles

"The Golden Antilles" by Timothy Severin, published by Hamilton. Colorfully, and with a wonderful verisimilitude, The Golden Antilles re-creates the exploits of the English and the Scots who risked their fortunes and their lives in wild attempts to establish for themselves a place in the Caribbean sun, a foothold in the golden lands claimed by the mighty Spanish empire. Here is the drama of Sir Walter Ralegh’s two daring and deluded expeditions to the banks of the the first of them inspired by Ralegh’s determination to regain the favor withdrawn by Queen Elizabeth after his injudicious marriage, the second—two decades later—undertaken after his release from the Tower of London, aging and worn by his imprisonment yet still possessed of a foolhardy courage and the old dream of regaining his privileged place at court, in pursuit of which he embarked on a search for the fabled “golden mountaine.” Book details: published 1970. Order now on BookShops.in with fast, reliable delivery across India.