... complexion and dark eyes. From quite an early age in life he began to lose the hair on his head and, in later life, he combed it forward to try and cover his baldness. He was a remarkable horseman, and was said to have had the ability of riding bareback at great speeds with his hands tied behind his back. He had extraordinary powers of endurance, would sleep in the open and share the worst dangers and bitterest weathers with the hardiest of his troops; he was braver than any man in his armies and his troops adored him for it so they followed him everywhere. This unique man, whom Shakespeare called 'the noblest man that ever lived in the tide of times', excelled in everything that he did. He was extremely versatile and talented. He had been a general, a statesman, a lawgiver, a jurist, an orator, a poet, a ...

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