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The Sultan and the Queen : the untold story of Elizabeth and Islam

text The Sultan and the Queen : the untold story of Elizabeth and Islam

Summary
When Queen Elizabeth was excommunicated by the pope in 1570, she found herself in an awkward predicament. England had always depended on trade. Now its key markets would be closed to her Protestant merchants. To complicate matters the staunchly Ca... Read more
Contents

Conquering Tunis -- The Sultan, the Tsar and the Shah -- The battle for Barbary -- An apt man in Constantinople -- Unholy alliances -- Sultana Isabel -- London turns Turk -- Mahomet's dove -- Escape from the Seraglio -- Sherley fever -- More than a Moor.

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338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map, portraits ; 24 cm
Publisher
Viking 2016

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