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

Sceptre. First Edition. Paperback. F/VG+. 19.7 x 12.9 x 4.2 cm. Box 51 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 13th. * Date of Publication: 2005* Publisher: Sceptre (Hodder Headline).* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. Different cover to that illustrated. No bumps or rubs. Very slight creases to spine but not to hinge. Minimal shelf Wear. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, no visible faults. No tanning. FINE.* Illustrations: Maps & B/w photos, line drawn vignettes at head of chapters.* Pages: 391 pp. text. xxv pp. Appendices & Index at rear.* Product Description:- 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 CIEF ELIZABETH is illuminated by first-hand accounts to reveal a remarkable and long-forgotten story..* This is a NEAR FINE copy with minimal shelf wear only reduced to VG+ by spine creases.* 0