Sir William Berkeley and the forging of colonial Virginia /
"Sir William Berkeley (1605-1677) influenced colonial Virginia more than any other man of his era. An Oxford-educated playwright, soldier, and diplomat, Berkeley won appointment as governor of Virginia in 1641 after a decade in the court of King Charles I. Between his arrival in Jamestown the f...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
©2004.
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Series: | Southern biography series.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |