The Life and Times of Sir Philip Sidney (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

The dashing poet, soldier, romantic, and courtier, Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) was one of the Elizabethan Age’s most colorful figures, immortalized in verse as the epitome of English manhood. This 1858 biography was written from what the New York Monthly Magazine called the “scattered souvenirs of his life” with scrupulous accuracy, and recreates the world and adventures of this larger-than-life figure.