Big chief Elizabeth

Résumé :

In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of North American Indians had made her their 'Weroanza' - Big Chief. The news was received with great joy, both by the Queen and her favourite, Sir Walter Ralegh. His first American expedition had brought back a captive, Manteo, whose tattooed face had enthralled Elizabethan London. Now Manteo was returned to his homeland as a feudal lord. It was a strange story that was to have an even more extraordinary twist. Ralegh's gamble would result in the first English settlement in the New World, but it would also lead to a riddle whose solution lay hidden in the forests of Virginia. A meticulously researched tale of heroism and mystery by the bestselling author of "Nathaniel's Nutmeg", "Big Chief Elizabeth" is illuminated by first-hand accounts to reveal a remarkable and long-forgotten story.