Description
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.
Author: Susan Ronald
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 06/24/2008
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.52w x 1.26d
ISBN13: 9780060820671
ISBN10: 0060820675
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Royalty
- History | Europe | Great Britain | Victorian Era (1837-1901)