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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| 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 |
Table of Contents:
- Early years
- At the King's Court
- A time to leave, a time to begin anew
- Settling down
- The house at Green Spring
- Bargains with great men
- An enforced retirement
- Return to power
- Mission to London
- Carolina
- Virginia's cure
- Age and misfortune have withered my desires
- A Bacon! A Bacon! A Bacon!
- Disgrace
- That his days should be accomplished.
