Big Chief Elizabeth: How England's Adventurers Gambled and Won the New World - Tapa dura

A magnificent piece of popular history' - Nicholas Fearn, Independent on Sunday - NATHANIEL' Milton is the new Bruce Chatwin - The Mail on Sunday Beautifully touching' - Philip Hensher, The Spectator - NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG The thoroughness and intelligence of his research underpins the lively confidence with which he deploys it. - John Spurling, Times Literary Supplement - NATHANI Milton has created a truly gripping tale.' - Martin Booth, The Sunday Times - NATHANIEL'S NUTME Milton has brought the era to life, conveying nuances of character and the values of the time. - Sunday Times 'Milton unearths in a brilliantly-researched work the recklessness of the Elizabethan adventurers who gambled their lives and fortunes to break Spain's dominance over the New World. - The Good Book Guide 'A dazzling cast peoples this tremendously entertaining narrative that brings to life the optimism, disappointments and dreadful hardships endured for the sake of colonisation - Play

Captive American Indian Manteo was returned to his homeland as Governor, a gamble that resulted in the first English settlement in the New World. Using first-hand accounts, this book tells the full story and its extraordinary twist.