The Sultan and the Queen : the untold story of Elizabeth and Islam /
Long before the Barbary pirates challenged Thomas Jefferson, English merchants traveled to Marrakesh to trade gunpowder for sugar. Islam and the West crossed paths much earlier than we think--and originally the Muslims had the upper hand. When Queen Elizabeth was excommunicated by the pope in 1570,...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Brotton, Jerry
(Author) |
| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, New York :
Viking,
[2016]
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