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the pirate queen,queen elizabeth i, her pirate adventurers, and the dawn of empire (in English)
Susan Ronald
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Harper Perennial
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the pirate queen,queen elizabeth i, her pirate adventurers, and the dawn of empire (in English) - Ronald, Susan
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Synopsis "the pirate queen,queen elizabeth i, her pirate adventurers, and the dawn of empire (in English)"
"A highly colorful, swashbuckling read, one that will give you new respect for Britain's first Elizabeth." --Seattle TimesAn illuminating revisionist biography about Queen Elizabeth I and her merchant-adventurers who terrorized the seas, extended the Empire, and amassed great wealth for the throne.Extravagant, whimsical, and hot-tempered, Elizabeth was the epitome of power, both feared and admired by her enemies. Dubbed the "pirate queen" by the Vatican and Spain's Philip II, she employed a network of daring merchants, brazen adventurers, astronomer philosophers, and her stalwart Privy Council to anchor her throne--and in doing so, planted the seedlings of an empire that would ultimately cover two-fifths of the world.In The Pirate Queen, historian Susan Ronald offers a fresh look at Elizabeth I, relying on a wealth of historical sources and thousands of the queen's personal letters to tell the thrilling story of a visionary monarch and the swashbuckling mariners who terrorized the seas to amass great wealth for themselves and the Crown.
