Big Chief Elizabeth How England's Adventurers Gambled and Won the New World

Like Giles Milton's previous book, ... Big Chief Elizabeth is a cracking read, a successful attempt at popular history Evening Standard

'Like Giles Milton's previous book, ... Big Chief Elizabeth is a cracking read, a successful attempt at popular history' -- Evening Standard 'Milton is a great storyteller ... he sets about filling in the historical gaps with relish, using his considerable imagination to conjure mood from dry parchment' -- Sunday Express 'Grippingly told true adventure story' -- Daily Mail 'Milton ... draws a vivid picture of the terrible hardships the settlers endured' -- The Times 'Milton knits together the most vivid anecdotes and descriptions from a very colourful literature of exploration and colonization, and anyone wanting easy access to them has it here'. -- The Times Literary Supplement 'Milton has a terrific eye for the kind of detail that can bring the past vividly to life off the page' -- The Spectator 'Splendid stuff ... fascinatingly told ... An excellent book' -- Time Out 'A wonderfully colourful story told with pace and verve' -- Sunday Telegraph