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The Pirate Queen : Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire, Paperback / softback Book

The Pirate Queen : Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire Paperback / softback

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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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