Big Chief Elizabeth
“Brings readers right into the midst of these colonists and their daunting American adventure . . . An entertaining, richly informative look at the past.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times
In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of Native Americans had made her their weroanza—a word that meant “big chief.” Sir Walter Raleigh’s first American expedition had brought ...
“Brings readers right into the midst of these colonists and their daunting American adventure . . . An entertaining, richly informative look at the past.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times
In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of Native Americans had made her their weroanza—a word that meant “big chief.” Sir Walter Raleigh’s first American expedition had brought ...
