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Big Chief Elizabeth Giles Milton

Big Chief Elizabeth von Giles Milton

Big Chief Elizabeth Giles Milton

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Zusammenfassung

Bestselling author of NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG, Giles Milton takes us on another fascinating and extraordinary historical adventure.

Big Chief Elizabeth Zusammenfassung

Big Chief Elizabeth: How England's Adventurers Gambled and Won the New World Giles Milton

In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of North American Indians had made her their weroanza - 'big chief'.

The news was received with great joy, both by the Queen and her favourite, Sir Walter Ralegh. His first American expedition had brought back a captive, Manteo, whose tattooed face had enthralled Elizabethan London. Now Manteo was returned to his homeland as Lord and Governor. Ralegh's gamble would result in the first English settlement in the New World, but it would also lead to a riddle whose solution lay hidden in the forests of Virginia.

A tale of heroism and mystery, BIG CHIEF ELIZABETH is illuminated by first-hand accounts to reveal a remarkable and long-forgotten story.

Big Chief Elizabeth Bewertungen

Like Giles Milton's previous book, ... Big Chief Elizabeth is a cracking read, a successful attempt at popular history * Evening Standard *
'It's almost impossible to summarise Milton's book, from which marvellous, vivid stories spill out like swagsack booty. ... Milton is a very contemporary historian' Guardian
'The story of the first Virginia colonies, now told in pacy style in Big Chief Elizabeth, is stirring and fitfully tragic...This is a marvellous story well retold' Sunday Times
Milton is a great storyteller ... he sets about filling in the historical gaps with relish, using his considerable imagination to conjure mood from dry parchment * Sunday Express *
Grippingly told true adventure story * Daily Mail *
Milton ... draws a vivid picture of the terrible hardships the settlers endured * The Times *
'Milton knits together the most vivid anecdotes and descriptions from a very colourful literature of exploration and colonization, and anyone wanting easy access to them has it here'. * The Times Literary Supplement *
Milton has a terrific eye for the kind of detail that can bring the past vividly to life off the page * The Spectator *
Splendid stuff ... fascinatingly told ... An excellent book * Time Out *
A wonderfully colourful story told with pace and verve * Sunday Telegraph *

Über Giles Milton

Giles Milton is the million-copy, internationally bestselling author of a dozen works of narrative history. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages. Two of Milton's previous works, Nathaniel's Nutmeg and Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, are currently being developed into major screen projects. Milton is the writer and narrator of the acclaimed narrative podcast series, Ministry of Secrets, produced by Sony and available on all platforms. He lives in London and Burgundy.

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Big Chief Elizabeth: How England's Adventurers Gambled and Won the New World Giles Milton
Giles Milton
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Broschiert
John Murray Press
2001-05-03
432
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