The Armada
Books | History / Europe / Eastern
Garrett Mattingly
Chronicling one of the most spectacular events of the sixteenth century, The Armada is the definitive story of the English fleet's infamous defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. The esteemed and critically acclaimed historian Garrett Mattingly explores all dimensions of the naval campaign, which captured the attention of the European world and played a deciding role in the settlement of the New World. "So skillfully constructed it reads like a novel" (New York Times), The Armada is sure to appeal to the scholar and amateur historian alike.
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Author
Garrett Mattingly
Pages
464
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published Date
2005
ISBN
9780618565917 0618565914
Ratings
Google: 4
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"The Armada is a LONG and very detailed account of the struggle for dominance between Spain and England in the 1500s. Interesting, but it drags on for hundreds of pages! The most interesting thing I got from this book is that Mattingly claims that England was able to fend off Spain because of it's superior nautical and cannon technology. And because Spain had leaky barrels and thus was not properly provisioned. Comparing Elizabeth to Philip is interesting... Philip was driven, ambitious, and maybe a bit delusional. Elizabeth seems to have waffled back and forth on nearly everything but was somehow victorious in the end. Still a bit of a mystery to me."
Max Nova