- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Pimlico; 3rd Revised edition edition (6 July 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0712666273
- ISBN-13: 978-0712666275
- Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 2.5 x 23.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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"A historical masterpiece." - A. L. Rowse
"A rare and wonderful book, as readable and exciting as a novel." - J. E. Neale
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The classic account of one of the world's most famous maritime crusades.'A historical masterpiece.' A.L. Rowse
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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This history of the Spanish Armada is gripping right from the start - the moment of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. The protagonists are well described, from Philip of Spain to Pope Sixtus V and Queen Elizabeth, through all the military and naval commanders - from the audacious Drake to the brilliant Duke of Parma or the inexperienced Medina-Sidonia. The naval engagements are brought to life as are the land campaigns which, for instance, tried to secure a Flemish port for the Spaniards to use as a spring board for their army in the Netherlands. Fire-ships, men-of-war, galleys rowed by galley slaves, spies, treachery, piracy, the clash between Protestantism and Catholicism... Highly recommended and highly readable.
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Format:Paperback
Although the naval history of the Armada is competently covered here, the main interest of this fascinating book is the diplomatic and military preambles to the event. Mattingly brings to life the characters involved: the brooding, bureaucratic Philip, the professional Farnese, the Jesuit exiles. Their motivations are delineated and the limits of their power to control events are explored.
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This is a fantastic read for anyone who had a brief knowledge of the Spanish Armada, with inside details about the religious problems and factions vying for power in western Europe and the fall out and aftermath of the parties concerned.
It gleams light onto the unseen hardness and nobleness of Medina Sidonia with lack of resources and fire power and still how he conducts himself as a gentleman in his life after the battle. It also looks at the other men in the defence of the Queens realm and squabbles and disagreements between the captains of the navy and person feud between Drake and Frobisher.
The chapters are nice and short too so you can leave it and pick up at good points in the book.
It gleams light onto the unseen hardness and nobleness of Medina Sidonia with lack of resources and fire power and still how he conducts himself as a gentleman in his life after the battle. It also looks at the other men in the defence of the Queens realm and squabbles and disagreements between the captains of the navy and person feud between Drake and Frobisher.
The chapters are nice and short too so you can leave it and pick up at good points in the book.
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enjoyable n informative
this book is not only an amenable description of the battle and the preparations but it shows the intrigue going on in other countries as they coped with religious tensions. Read more
Published 4 months ago by aitor2
A FINE AMERICAN HISTORIAN
When it first appeared this work was regarded as a tour de force. It won a Pulitzer prize and was a bestseller. It is still a remarkably fine book. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Stephen Cooper
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Bias in ways gives alot good quote for essay's and so on. In depth of the period of the aramada from both Phillip and England. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ed
brilliant book
This is a brilliant, detailed, eminently readable account of the Armada, put into the context of European politics of the time. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2010 by Mr. G. Mansfield
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