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Henry Howard: The Poet Earl of Surrey: A Life
Published in Hardcover by Oxford University Press (1999)
Author: William A. Sessions
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An extraordinary view of the life of a noble Tudor poet.
The Earl of Surrey was the co-founder, along with Sir Thomas Wyatt, of modern English poetry; the whole procession from Spenser and Shakespeare down to Yeats and Eliot starts with Surrey and Wyatt. Surrey's most notable contributions were the creation of English blank verse and the development of the English sonnet from Italian models; without Surrey we should not have Shakespeare as we know him. Surrey was also a distinguished soldier and a loving husband, who was executed for treason at age twenty-nine.

The nineteenth century produced two excellent lives of Surrey, those of G. F. Nott and Edmond Bapst, the latter in French. The twentieth century had not done so well, as the principal accomplishment of Surrey's 1938 biographer, Edwin Casady, was translating Bapst's discoveries into English. William Sessions swings the balance the other way, his Henry Howard, the Poet Earl of Surrey being a magnificent tour of Surrey's life, his poetry, and his world.

Sessions offers the first fully integrated biography of Surrey, addressing his art, family, society, culture, religion, travels, and military career. The book is based on a massive amount of research, both archival and geographical, for Sessions visited virtually every site of importance in Surrey's life. The illustrations alone, some never published before or not properly identified, almost justify the cost of the book.

Sessions corrects many key facts of Surrey's unevenly documented career. He shows, for example, that Surrey was a moderate Protestant, whereas Nott, Bapst, and Casady simply assume that Surrey shared their own religious views--an approach complicated by the fact that Nott was a Protestant while the other two were Catholics. Getting Surrey's religion straight is absolutely essential to understanding a short life spent at the center of the escalating violence of the early Reformation. Finally, Sessions uses the full texts of the original documents concerning Surrey's downfall (instead of reading the published summaries), thereby untangling much of the mystery that occurred amid the religious strife, dynastic uncertainty, and naked ambition at the end of the reign of Henry VIII.


Three Lives for Mississippi (Banner Book)
Published in Paperback by Univ Pr of Mississippi (2000)
Authors: William Bradford Huie, Martin Luther King Jr., and Juan Williams
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What makes this book interesting is that it was written between the murders and the trial. Huie knew who the murderers were, how they did it, and never expected a guilty verdict.

The book introduces you in detail to Michael (Mickey) Schwerener and all the details leading up to his murder. This detail will help you understand exactly why and how these murders took place.

This latest edition includes updates by the author to compare his early speculation against the results of the trial.


The Fifth Profession
Published in Hardcover by Jossey-Bass (1971)
Author: William Earl, Henry
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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (Twayne's English Authors Series, No 429)
Published in Textbook Binding by Twayne Pub (1986)
Author: William A. Sessions
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Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton
Published in Unknown Binding by H. Hamilton ()
Author: G. P. V. Akrigg
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The sonnets of William Shakespeare & Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of Southampton : together with A lover's complaint and The phoenix & turtle
Published in Unknown Binding by R. West ()
Author: William Shakespeare
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