The Queen's Slave Trader: Jack Hawkyns, Elizabeth I, and the Trafficking in Human Souls - Hardcover

Hazlewood, Nick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0066210895 ISBN 13: 9780066210896

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2004

Synopsis

Documents the slave trade in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England, exploring the life of Elizabeth I's personal slave trader to chronicle his controversial career, the political and religious factors that influenced the period, and his confrontations with the Spanish. 40,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

“Hazlewood’s book is a tour de force.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“A gripping tale and a sterling analysis of England’s first foray into the nastiest of human enterprises.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“[An] engrossing, well-researched account.” (Booklist)

“Hazlewood writes with precision, passion and the ease born of familiarity with his subject.” (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Synopsis:

Documents the slave trade in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England, exploring the life of Elizabeth I's personal slave trader to chronicle his controversial career and the political and religious factors that influenced the period.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0066210895
• ISBN 13: 9780066210896
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432