The Spanish Armadas.
Graham, Winston.
Place Published: Garden City NY:
Publisher: Double Day & Company, Inc,
Date Published: 1972.
Description: 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. STATED FIRST AMERCIAN EDITION. 288 pages with index. 32 pages of color plates and 109 black & white illustrations. The book is NEAR FINE with minor wear/fading to bottom boards, bump to upper spine edge. A very tight, clean copy The dust jacket is NEAR FINE with minor edgewear. NOT price-clipped. Comes with BRODART jacket cover. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke & Duchess of Windsor..and other curious subjects. "The history of a great naval war reveals a wealth of interest and excitement unknown to the general reader. Fro most people the conflict between England and Spain in the sixteenth century consisted solely in the destruction of the Great Armada in 1588 by Drake, Howard, and the English weather. These pages place that Armada in it true position, as only the most spectacular of many attempts by the Spanish to conquer England and make it Catholic, first by friendship, then by the marriage of Philip to Mary, and later by battle. A vivid summary is made of the disruptive forces in Europe that, thought thirty years, broke down the tradition of amity between England and Spain. It shows how, from the meeting in 1554 between Philip and Elizabeth the two maintained their respect for each other and a faÁade of peace long after the wish for peace had gone. Although the clash of the two great fleets provides the central theme of this work, it makes clear that the defeat of the First Armada did not mean the end of the Spanish navy but rather its beginning on new lines. After 1588 England had only one other real success against Spain, at Cadiz in 1596. Spain launched three more armadas. Little-known aspects of this extraordinary combat, upon which so much of the later history of western Europe depended, are strikingly brought to life in this book by a writer who is steeped in the spirit of the period. Winston Graham's fame has so far been built on novels, and the story-teller's gifts are very evident in this swift-moving narrative and brilliant characterization of this book. But he is always a scholar who has explored the byways of Elizabethan history, and in The Spanish Armadas he has made a real contribution to history as well as providing a superb story of human hostility and passion."
Edition: First editionBinding: Hard Back
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dj
Book Id: 9803
Price: $32.50
