The Armada:

This "award-winning" story of the defeat of the Spanish Armada has been hailed as a historical masterpiece. The book covers Queen Elizabeth's reign over a turbulent nation, while the Duke of Parma plans the invasion of England from the Netherlands. The crucial period from February 158...

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1. Verfasser: Mattingly, Garrett 1900-1962 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boston, MA ; Cambridge Houghton Mifflin ; Riverside Press [1987] ©1959
Ausgabe:[4th print.]
Schriftenreihe:The American heritage library
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Zusammenfassung:This "award-winning" story of the defeat of the Spanish Armada has been hailed as a historical masterpiece. The book covers Queen Elizabeth's reign over a turbulent nation, while the Duke of Parma plans the invasion of England from the Netherlands. The crucial period from February 1587 to December 1588 is presented in a series of detailed, dramatic scenes. The second part of the book is devoted to the naval battle from the first sight of the Armada off the Sicily Isles to the return of its broken remnants to the ports of Spain.
Beschreibung:Contents: Curtain raiser -- Simplicity of a city -- Perplexity of a queen -- The end of a gay season -- Plans of operations -- The bitter bread -- God's obvious design -- "The wind commands me away" -- A beard is singed -- "No matter of substance" -- Barrel staves and treasure -- An arm is cut off -- The happy day -- The uses of victory -- Ominous year -- The company of these noble ships -- "In the hope of a miracle" -- The day of the barricades, I -- The day of the barricades, II -- The invincible sets sail -- "The advantage of time and place" -- Entrance into the arena -- First blood -- "A terrible value of great shot" -- In formidable order -- The hellburners -- The order broken -- The tardy miracle -- "Myself your general" -- Drake is captured! -- The long road home -- End of a tall man -- The winds of God -- Not a whit dismayed
Beschreibung:XVI, 443 Seiten Karten 21 cm
ISBN:0395083664

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