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

by Jerry Brotton

Book Overview

The fascinating story of Queen Elizabeth's secret outreach to the Muslim world, which set England on the path to empire, by The New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps We think of England as a great power whose empire once stretched from India to the Americas, but when Elizabeth Tudor was crowned Queen, it was just a tiny and rebellious Protestant island on the fringes of Europe, confronting the combined power of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525428828
• ISBN13: 9780525428824
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"