This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World by Jerry Brotton

This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World

Jerry Brotton

358 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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In 1570, when it became clear she would never be gathered into the Catholic fold, Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope. On the principle that 'my enemy's enemy is my friend', this marked the beginning of an extraordinary English alignment wi...

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