Bibliograph

The pirate queen, Queen Elizabeth I, her pirate adventurers, and the dawn of empire, Susan Ronald

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The pirate queen, Queen Elizabeth I, her pirate adventurers, and the dawn of empire, Susan Ronald

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 430-442) and index

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individual biography

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The pirate queen

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

232955567

Responsibility statement

Susan Ronald

Sub title

Queen Elizabeth I, her pirate adventurers, and the dawn of empire

Summary

'The Pirate Queen' is an illuminating revisionist account of Queen Elizabeth and her merchant-adventurers who terrorized the seas, extended the Empire and amassed great wealth for the throne

Table Of Contents

pt. 1. The desperate quest for security -- 1. The Lord's doing -- 2. A realm exhausted -- 3. The Queen, her merchants and gentlemen -- 4. The quest for cash -- 5. The Merchants Adventurers, Antwerp and Muscovy -- 6. The politics of piracy, trade, and religion -- 7. Raising the stakes -- 8. Cunning deceits -- 9. The gloves are off -- 10. Lovell's lamentable voyage -- 11. The troublesome voyage of John Hawkins -- part 2. Harvesting the sea -- 12. The Queen and Alba's pay ships -- 13. The cost of failure -- 14. Undeclared holy war -- 15. Drake's war -- 16. The dread of future foes -- 17. Drake at the treasure house of the world -- 18. From a treetop in Darien -- 19. Success at a cost -- 20. Dr. Dee's nursery and the Northwest Passage -- 21. Dark days at Rathlin Island -- 22. Drake's perfect timing -- 23. The Northwest and the Company of Kathai -- 24. In the shadow of Magellan -- 25. Into the jaws of death -- 26. The famous voyage -- 27. The world is not enough -- 28. Elizabeth strikes back in the Levant -- 29. Katherine Champernowne's sons take up the American dream -- 30. The defeats of 1582-83 -- 31. Water! -- 32. Roanoke -- part 3. The Spanish War -- 33. The Queen lets loose her dragon -- 34. The camel's back -- 35. Cadiz -- 36. The plundering of the Spanish Armada -- 37. America again ... and again? -- 38. The last gasp of the early Roaring 90's -- part 4. Dawn of Empire -- 39. The alchemy that turned plunder into trade -- 40. Essex, Ireland, and tragedy -- 41. Raleigh, Virginia, and empire -- 42. The East and the East India Company -- 43. Epilogue -- Appendix I. The Petty Navy Royal -- Appendix II. The Flotilla from New Spain of august 1587

Target audience

adult

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