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Elizabeth I and Two Explorers |
| Section: BOOK WORLD / BOOKS IN BRIEF |
| Author: John M. Taylor and Priscilla S. Taylor |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 9/1/2007 |
| Size: 1,162 Words, 7,433 Characters |
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THE PIRATE QUEEN: QUEEN ELIZABETH I, HER PIRATE ADVENTURERS, AND THE DAWN OF EMPIRE
By Susan Ronald
HarperCollins, $26.95, 471 pages
DR.LIVINGSTONE, I PRESUME? MISSIONARIES, JOURNALISTS, EXPLORERS, AND EMPIRE
By Clare Pettitt
Harvard University Press, $22.95, 244 pages
Elizabeth I, who ruled Great Britain from 1558 to 1603, continues to fascinate. Never a constitutional monarch, she had very real power, which she employed with relish. The daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, she inherited much of her father's guile without his conspicuous cruelty. But she faced formidable challenges: Religious divisions and political rivals at home and powerful enemies abroad. How did the queen deal with these challenges and transform her puny, debt-ridden kingdom into a major power?
His...
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...vingstone's "fierce anti-slavery agenda would . . . help to wipe out memories of Britain's support for the South in the Civil War, re-establishing an Anglo-American alliance based on the 'new' values of the American Union — values of democracy and freedom."
The book is an entertaining, yet thoughtful, survey of Victorian adventures in Africa.
Copyright © 2007 The Washington Times, LLC.
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