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

Nick Hazlewood

ISBN 10: 0066210895 / ISBN 13: 9780066210896

Published by William Morrow, New York, 2004

About this Item

Book condition: VG/Fine with push to spine ends; tiny, faint mark to top closed page edges. Jacket: VG/Fine with light handling wear; label over bar code to rear. A bright copy.

Seller Inventory # 016766

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Queen's Slave Trader: John Hawkyns, Elizabeth I, and the Trafficking in Human Souls
• Publisher: William Morrow, New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0066210895
• ISBN 13: 9780066210896
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Africa

About this title

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)