In short: it's a challenge, but one which is worth the effort if you appreciate beautiful writing and historical fiction. The language is archaic and Garnett's sentences are sometimes chopped and truncated in odd ways. A meticulous re-creation of Elizabethan England that forms a trilogy. There are some passages of surpassing beauty which capture the elegiac sense of a fading golden age seen from the harsh light of day. Buy a cheap copy of Death Of The Fox: A Novel Of Elizabeth.

It is really less of a novel and more a series of fictionalised meditations on life in England at this time. Garrett's writing is dense and picturesque and this is a book that demands time to be spent on it. He was the Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. Taking those two days as a framework, it lures the reader into a sequence of dreams, memories and visions that come together to create a vivid picture of Elizabethan and early Stuart England, and the men who lived in it. in Orlando, Florida, The United States JDied edit data (For the British short story writer, playwright, and political activist see George Garrett) George Palmer Garrett was an American poet and novelist. Death of the Fox is a 1971 historical fiction novel written by George Garrett, the first of three books set within the historical context of Elizabethan. Garrett transports the reader to a world of. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content. (The author of Death of the Fox looks with nostalgia back. Doubleday, 1971 - American fiction - 739 pages. This rich tapestry of a book follows the final two days of Sir Walter Raleigh's (or Ralegh's) life. Here the author delves into the story of Sir Walter Raleghs fall from favor for alleged conspiracy against James I. George Palmer Garrett, American Creative writing and English language educator, writer.

Death of the Fox by George Garrett