Book Summary and Reviews of Patriot or Traitor by Anna Beer

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"Starred Review. A penetrating, spirited recounting of a courtier's roiling life and times." - Kirkus

"Beer reminds readers of Ralegh's political rise, seafaring adventures, and fraught relationships with notable monarchs in an examination more literary than scholarly." - Publishers Weekly

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Anna Beer

Anna Beer is a cultural historian, and the author of biographies of Milton, Sir Walter Ralegh and Lady Bess Ralegh. Her most recent book is Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music, also published by Oneworld. She is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford and lives in Oxford, England.

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