The King's Quinto: The Life and Times of Sir Walter Raleigh — Barbara O'Sullivan

The King's Quinto is a history of the life and times of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552(4?) -1618). Raleigh was knighted by the Queen at the Feast of the Epiphany in 1585. The book includes Raleigh's trial at Winchester in 1603, after the death of Queen Elizabeth, when King James I succeeded to the throne of England. Raleigh was arrested together with Lawrence Kemys and they were committed to the Bloody Tower on the 14th July, 1603, having been implicated in the Spanish Bye and Main Plot, which was a plot by 16 men to kidnap King James I in an effort to persuade him to tolerate the Roman Catholic religion. The story of The King's Quinto is told through the voice of John Talbot, Raleigh's real-life servant. In this book you will find out what money the Elizabethans spent, what they wore, ate, and how they cleaned their teeth and also what preparations the Elizabethan women used as make-up.