The life and achievements of Sir John Popham, 1531-1607
Subtitle: leading to the establishment of the first English colony in New England
By: Douglas Walthew Rice.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Madison, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Popham, John, Sir, 1531?-1607.; Attorneys general -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Judges -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Biography.; Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625 -- Biography.; New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Even now the ambiguities of his career remain, for in spite of a lifetime of devoted service to his country, Queen Elizabeth's Lord Chief Justice lives in popular imagination as a terrifying ghost. This book relishes the legends but overall aims to present a more balanced portrait. The first full-length biography of Sir John Popham, it uses his own letters and other contemporary documents to reveal the forceful personality and wide-ranging concerns of a top official at the very center of English government."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-312) and index.