Sir Walter Raleigh by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume

In 1898, he published The Great Lord Burghley, a readable study, and Spain, its Greatness and Decay, 1479–1789, a useful historical outline, which he completed in the following year by the publication of Modern Spain, 1788-1898 (1899 new edit. Sir Walter Ralegh, the British dominion of the West by Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp, 1847-1910 Publication date 1897 Topics Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552-1618 Publisher New York, Longmans, Green & co. Educated at a private school at Forest Gate, he had some practical training in business, and began early to learn Spanish. Sir Walter Ralegh - the British dominion of the west is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. 1843, was second son of William Lacy Sharp, of the East India Companys service, who married Louisa Charlotte Hume in 1840.

However, his official duties did not absorb all his energies. HUME, MARTIN ANDREW SHARP (18431910), author, born in London on 8 Dec. We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions - starting at 5.07.

Next year Hume succeeded Pascual de Gayangos at the Public Record Office as editor of the Spanish State Papers, and did sound work in this capacity. Buy Sir Walter Ralegh: The British Dominion of the West by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume online at Alibris UK. In 1897, he published Sir Walter Ralegh and Philip II of Spain, the latter monograph showing insight and independence of view. Though this attracted little attention, Hume persevered, and The Courtships of Queen Elizabeth a History of the Various Negotiations for her Marriage, and The Year after the Armada, and other Historical Studies, both issued in 1896, were received with a degree of popular favour which led him to adopt authorship as a profession. Martin Andrew Sharp Hume, born Martin Andrew Sharp, was an English historian and longtime resident of Spain.Īfter some practice in journalism, he meanwhile produced his first book, A Chronicle of King Henry VIII of England (1889), a translation from the Spanish.

Sir Walter Raleigh by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume