Author: Garrett Mattingly
Publisher:
Published: 1963
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780813900933
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Richard Bruce Wernham
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 646
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is an examination of the effect that the defeat of the Armada had on England's standing in international affairs.
Author: Colin Hynson
Publisher: Brighter Child
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9780769646299
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Turn the page and take a step back in time! From the Stories From History series, Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada takes a completely factual look at Queen Elizabeth I, one of the strongest rulers of England and how she courageously defended England ag
Author: Robert Hutchinson
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2014-06-10
Total Pages: 534
ISBN-13: 1466847484
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this dramatic hour-by-hour, blow-by-blow account of the Spanish Armada's attempt to destroy Elizabeth's England, Robert Hutchinson spins a compelling and unbelievable narrative. After the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558, Protestant England was beset by the hostile Catholic powers of Europe, including Spain. In October 1585, King Philip II of Spain declared his intention to destroy Protestant England and began preparing invasion plans, leading to an intense intelligence war between the two countries and culminating in the dramatic sea battles of 1588. Popular history dictates that the defeat of the Spanish Armada was a David versus Goliath victory, snatched by plucky and outnumbered English forces. In this tightly written and fascinating new history, Robert Hutchinson explodes this myth, revealing the true destroyers of the Spanish Armada—inclement weather and bad luck. Of the 125 Spanish ships that set sail against England, only 60 limped home, the rest wrecked or sank with barely a shot fired from their main armament. Using everything from contemporary eyewitness accounts to papers held by the national archives in Spain and the United Kingdom, Hutchinson re-creates one of history's most famous episodes in an entirely new way.
Author: John Roger Scott Whiting
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Neil Hanson
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2007-12-18
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 0307428303
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The real story of the Spanish Armada. In the winter of 1587 the Spanish Armada, the largest force of warships ever assembled, set sail to crush the English navy. This breathtaking overview of one of the most fascinating campaigns in European history begins with the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, the event that precipitated the launching of the Armada. From the first whispers of the threat against England and the English crown, to the return of the battered remnants of the fleet to Spain eighteen months later, it is a story rich in incident and intrigue. In this controversial study, Neil Hanson claims that Francis Drake’s intention was not to sink the Armada ships but to disable and plunder them. He further claims that Queen Elizabeth was a monarch who left many of the survivors of the battle to die of disease or starvation and whose parsimony, prevarication and cynicism left her unable to make crucial decisions. Drawing on previously undiscovered personal papers, Neil Hanson conveys in vivid detail how the highest and the lowest in the land fared in those turbulent months when the destiny of all Europe hung in the balance. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Author: David Anderson
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780531195055
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Describes the religious and territorial conflict between England and Spain and discusses the events of 1588 when the Spanish Armada met the English navy in the English Channel.
Author: Garrett Mattingly
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1959
Total Pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9780395083666
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Describes the English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 in the framework of European history. Also covers diplomacy, strategy, and politics.