The Armada (Paperback)

from Kathleen828

Possibly the best, modern book ever published on the Spanish Armada.

from Novak

This book stayed on my shelf for quite some time because I thought it was a bit of a stuffy history tome and heavy going. Once I got past the first couple of pages I could not put it down. A wonderful insight into religious nonsense of 1588 and how it ruined the lives of so many Europeans. . . . ...

from carterchristian1

High school world history classes have a simple explanation for the "Armada". A lot of little English ships took on the Spanish, clumsy ships, outdid them rather like David with his slingshot, the Spanish were destroyed and the England went on to conquer North America, and the Spanish simply with...

from selfnoise

Incredibly intelligent and compelling framing of the world surrounding a cataclysmic event.

from antiquary

Long considered a classic, but now I think superseded for specialists.