Gold, Glory and the Gospel By Louis B. Wright Hardcover History Gold, Glory and the Gospel A lively, colorful account of the adventures of Spanish, Portuguese, and English explorers emphasizes their diverse and seemingly contradictory motives.

A lively colorful account of the adventures of Spanish Portuguese and English explorers emphasizes their diverse and seemingly contradictory motives Gold Glory and the GospelA well written engaging popular history. Is this book an interesting perspective Absolutely Should it be a connonical text for those interested in the age of exploration Probably not Gold Glory and the Gospel Saw this at the Public Library during a XMas shopping expedition in Evanston Being by the much published former head of the Folger Shakespeare Library I had high expectations of some real insight into the mentalities of 15 17th century Europeans These were disappointed by what amounts to a dry retelling of the histories of some Renaissance explorers As a refresher for there was little new here it was fine about as interesting as a cramming guide Gold Glory and the Gospel

Gold, Glory and the Gospel By Louis B. Wright

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Louis Booker Wright was an American author educator and librarian Wright was the director of the Folger Shakespeare Library the author of numerous books about the American colonial period and in 1928 he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship, A last ditch effort by a renaissance scholar head of the Folger Shakespeare library to defend the great Dead White Males as righteous within the ethics of their times..