num_pages: 496
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.
language: English
title: The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire
titlecomplete: The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire
genres: Pirates, Biography, Tudor Period, History, British Literature, European History, Historical, World History, Womens, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 718
publisher: Harper