Philip Sidney
Subtitle: a double life
By: Alan Stewart.
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Sidney, Philip, -- Sir, -- 1554-1586; Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography; Diplomats -- Great Britain -- Biography; Poets, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Courtier, poet, soldier, diplomat - Philip Sidney was one of the most promising young men of his age. Son of Elizabeth I's deputy in Ireland, nephew and heir to her favourite, Leicester, he received an exemplary education. On leaving Oxford University he was tipped for high office and even to inherit the throne. But Philip soon found himself caught up in the intricate politics of Elizabeth's court and forced to become as Machiavellian as everyone around him if he was to achieve his ambitions." "Against a backdrop of Elizabethan intrigue and the battle between Protestant and Catholic for predominance in Europe, Alan Stewart tells the story of Philip Sidney's struggle to succeed."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-391) and index.