The Pirate Queen
Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire
Susan Ronald
ISBN: | 9780060820671 |
Publisher: | Harper |
Published: | 12 November, 2008 |
Format: | Trade PB |
Language: | English |
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The Pirate Queen
Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire
Susan Ronald
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.
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