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    The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam
    The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam
    The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam
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    The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam

    Written by Jerry Brotton

    Narrated by Ralph Lister

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    When Queen Elizabeth was excommunicated by the pope in 1570, she found herself in an awkward predicament. Now England's key markets would be closed to her Protestant merchants. To complicate matters the staunchly Catholic king of Spain was determined to destroy her, bolstered by the gold pouring in from the New World. In a bold decision with far-reaching consequences, Elizabeth set her sights on the East. She sent an emissary to the shah of Iran, wooed the king of Morocco, trading gunpowder for sugar, and entered into an unprecedented alliance with the powerful Ottoman Sultan Murad III. This marked the beginning of an extraordinary alignment with Muslim powers and of economic and political exchanges with the Islamic world of a depth not again experienced until the modern age. Londoners were gripped with a passion for the Orient. In this groundbreaking book, Jerry Brotton reveals that Elizabethan England's relationship with the Muslim world was far more amicable-and far more extensive-than we have ever appreciated as he tells the riveting story of the businessmen and adventurers who first went east to make their fortunes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateSep 20, 2016
    ISBN9781681682617
    The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam
    Author

    Jerry Brotton

    Jerry Brotton is Senior Lecturer in Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London and director of the college's MA in Renaissance Studies. He is a regular reviewer and broadcaster for both radio and television, appearing in the BBC documentary Leonardo and The Medici on Channel 4. He is the author of several books, including the acclaimed Renaissance Bazaar and The Sale of the Late King's Goods, which was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize.

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    • 5/5
      Excellent and well-researched book! Fascinating! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
      David L.
    • 4/5
      This was really interesting, if a bit dense—the author used a large number (and wide variety) of primary source material and wading through the 16th-century verbiage took a little time. But worth it, I think, for a very vivid and far-reaching picture of all the political vicissitudes of the time. LJ review on the way.