{"title":"Susan Ronald","description":"Born and raised in the United States, SUSAN RONALD is a British-American biographer, historian, and author of several books, including The Ambassador, Conde Nast, A Dangerous Woman, Hitler's Art Thief, and Heretic Queen. She lives in a quintessential English village with her writer husband.","products":[{"product_id":"the-pirate-queen-queen-elizabeth-i-her-pirate-adventurers-and-the-dawn-of-empire-paperback","title":"The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A highly colorful, swashbuckling read, one that will give you new respect for Britain's first Elizabeth.\" --Seattle Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn illuminating revisionist biography about Queen Elizabeth I and her merchant-adventurers who terrorized the seas, extended the Empire, and amassed great wealth for the throne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtravagant, whimsical, and hot-tempered, Elizabeth was the epitome of power, both feared and admired by her enemies. Dubbed the \"pirate queen\" by the Vatican and Spain's Philip II, she employed a network of daring merchants, brazen adventurers, astronomer philosophers, and her stalwart Privy Council to anchor her throne--and in doing so, planted the seedlings of an empire that would ultimately cover two-fifths of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Pirate Queen, historian Susan Ronald offers a fresh look at Elizabeth I, relying on a wealth of historical sources and thousands of the queen's personal letters to tell the thrilling story of a visionary monarch and the swashbuckling mariners who terrorized the seas to amass great wealth for themselves and the Crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis gripping narrative history reveals the cunning statecraft behind the legend: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Cunning Businesswoman: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover how Elizabeth, a brilliant and often ruthless strategist, used her network of adventurers and merchants to secure her throne and fill her coffers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eState-Sponsored Piracy: \u003c\/b\u003e A detailed account of the swashbuckling mariners who, with the queen's blessing, terrorized the seas and challenged the might of Spain's Philip II.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Dawn of Empire: \u003c\/b\u003e Explore how Elizabeth's policies, born of a desperate need for security, inadvertently planted the seedlings of a vast British Empire.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTudor Statecraft: \u003c\/b\u003e Go beyond the myth with this fresh look at Elizabeth I, meticulously constructed from thousands of the queen's personal letters and forgotten historical documents.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtravagant, whimsical, and hot-tempered, Elizabeth was the epitome of power, both feared and admired by her enemies. 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Central to his deception was an international high society Black Widow, Princess Stephanie Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, whom Hitler called \"his dear princess.\" She, and others, conspired for Hitler at the highest levels of the British aristocracy and spread their web to America's wealthy powerbrokers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHitler's aristocrats became his eyes, listening posts, and mouthpieces in the drawing rooms, cocktail parties, and weekend retreats of Europe and America. Among these \"gentlemen spies\" and \"ladies of mystery\" were the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Lady Nancy Astor, Charles Lindbergh, and two of the Mitford sisters. They were the trusted voices disseminating his political and cultural propaganda about the \"New Germany,\" brushing aside the Nazis' atrocities. 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