The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam by Jerry Brotton Page A

seem dreamlike. But Brotton’s book is full of them. . . At a time when many see Islam as a recent and strange intruder, Brotton’s excellent history is a reminder that a careful study of England’s “island story” shows just how wrong they are.” 
—The Guardian
    “A marvelous achievement.”
—The Spectator
    “Impressive and highly readable. . . Brotton emphasizes the extent to which Elizabethan England was shot through with influences, stories, individuals and products drawn from the Islamic world. The orient is not elsewhere but already here, both thrillingly and uncomfortably close to home. . . Brotton’s book crackles with an energy that illuminates and vivifies its larger claims.”
—Financial Times
    “A little-known story that Brotton chronicles with scholarship, assurance, and not a little charm. . . Someone should get cracking on the screenplay now.”
— Boyd Tonkin,* The Independent *
    “An exceptionally rich and brilliant book. In bringing to life Elizabethan England’s ambivalent engagement with Islam, Jerry Brotton shows how profoundly that encounter shaped English trade, diplomacy, and the Islam-obsessed drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The story he tells could not be more timely.”
—James Shapiro, author of The Year of Lear and* A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
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    “This fascinating account uncovers the lively exchange between Elizabeth’s England, the Ottoman Empire, and Morocco. Christianity and Islam were still at odds, but Elizabeth gladly sought alliance with Muslim lands against the shared threat of Catholic Europe.” 
—Natalie Zemon Davis, author of *The Return of Martin Guerre  *
    About the Author
    Jerry Brotton is a professor of Renaissance studies at Queen Mary University of London. A renowned broadcaster and critic, he is the author of  Global Interests: Renaissance Art Between East and West  (with Lisa Jardine),  The Renaissance Bazaar ,  The Sale of the Late King’s Goods  (short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Hessell-Tiltman Prize),  Great Maps , and  The   New York Times  bestselling, award-winning  A History of the World in Twelve Maps , which has been translated into eleven languages. 

Also by Jerry Brotton
    Great Maps
    A History of the World in 12 Maps
    The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction
    The Sale of the Late King’s Goods: Charles I and His Art Collection
    The Renaissance Bazaar: From the Silk Road to Michelangelo
    Global Interests: Renaissance Art Between East and West (with Lisa Jardine)
    Trading Territories: Mapping the Early Modern World



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    First published in Great Britain as This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK
    Library of Congress cataloging-in-Publication Data
    Names: Brotton, Jerry.
    Title: The Sultan and the queen: the untold story of Elizabeth and Islam/Jerry Brotton.
    Description: New York: Viking, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Identifiers: LCCN 2016029495 (print) | LCCN 2016031895 (ebook) | ISBN 9780525428824 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780698191631 (ebook)
    Subjects: LCSH: Great Britain—History—Elizabeth, 1558–1603. | Turkey—History—Murad III, 1574–1595. | Great Britain—Foreign relations—Turkey. | Turkey—Foreign relations—Great Britain.
    Classification: LCC DA355 .B69 2016 (print) | LCC DA355 (ebook) | DDC