From scholar to buccaneer, from outcast to establishment figure, John Donne emerged as one of the greatest English poets.
Following Donne from Plague-ridden streets to palaces, from taverns to the pulpit of St Paul\'s, John Stubbs\'s "exemplary literary biography" (Harold Bloom) is a vivid portrait of an extraordinary writer and his country at a time of bewildering and cruel transformation..
From scholar to buccaneer, from outcast to establishment figure, John Donne emerged as one of the greatest English poets