Great Adventurers: Sir Walter Raleigh
- Video
- 1999
- 50m
Raleigh's meteoric rise was followed by a slow and tragic fall from grace, which would eventually end with the farce of the Orinoco disaster and death on the executioner's block. His fascina... Read allRaleigh's meteoric rise was followed by a slow and tragic fall from grace, which would eventually end with the farce of the Orinoco disaster and death on the executioner's block. His fascinating story is inextricably linked to dark intrigues and political maneuvering which charac... Read allRaleigh's meteoric rise was followed by a slow and tragic fall from grace, which would eventually end with the farce of the Orinoco disaster and death on the executioner's block. His fascinating story is inextricably linked to dark intrigues and political maneuvering which characterized the close of Elizabeth's reign.