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

Hazlewood, Nick

ISBN 10: 0066210895 / ISBN 13: 9780066210896

Published by William Morrow, 2004

About this Item

Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition with a Near Fine Dust Jacket. The story of the cruel and audacious slaving voyages of John Hawkyns, 1552-1595, slave trader by appointment of Queen Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1553-1603. Fine brown half cloth w/gilt titles, tan speckled boards. Tight, solid and square binding. Internals As New also. 416 pages with Notes, Bibliography and Index. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 2004, William Morrow, New York.

Seller Inventory # 025997

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Queen's Slave Trader: John Hawkyns, Elizabeth I, and the Trafficking in Human Souls
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0066210895
• ISBN 13: 9780066210896
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • History. Great Britain.

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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.

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)