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The Pirate Queen - Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire (Paperback)
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The Pirate Queen - Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire (Paperback)
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Loot Price R422
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Elizabeth I was originally dubbed 'the pirate queen' by Philip II
of Spain and acknowledged as such by the pope. Extravagant,
whimsical, hot-tempered, sexually enticing and the epitome of
power, Elizabeth I has never ceased to amaze, entertain, and
educate through the centuries. Yet very little has been written,
and no books have been dedicated to, Elizabeth I for the financial
magician that she was. She played the helpless woman in a man's
world to great effect and beleaguered Protestant queen in a
predominantly Catholic Europe, using her wiles to exploit every
political and social opportunity at hand.Yet her many
accomplishments would have never been possible without her daring
merchants, gifted rapscallion adventurers, astronomer philosophers,
and stalwart Privy Councilors like William Cecil, Francis
Walsingham, and Nicholas Bacon. All these men contributed their
vast genius, power, greed, and expertise to the rise of England and
the foundations of the British Empire. Her foundation of empire was
built on a carefully choreographed strategic plan where
privateering - piracy to us today - was the expedient method she
and her advisors selected to turn her rogue state into the greatest
empire the world has ever seen.
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