$40 plus shipping, including a second book on the Armada.
Garrett Mattingly's Defeat of the Spanish Armada
'I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman but I have the heart and stomach of a King, and of a King of England too ...' Elizabeth I to her troops at Tilbury, during the Armada crisisThe defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 marked a defining moment in British history. A small, Protestant nation, ruled by a Virgin Queen, faced, and faced down, the overwhelming power of the Spain of Philip II, the self-appointed champion of the Roman Church. The image of Sir Francis Drake, calmly finishing a game of bowls before sailing out to confront the largest seaborne invasion in England's history, stamped itself for ever on the national psyche.
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GJ - Folio Books are often reprints of great classics. This book explains the details of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, a force so great that England should have been reduced and made a Roman Catholic vassal state again. Mattingly had the gift of burrowing through the archives and making the historical facts interesting and fun.
Folio sells a book for a time, then stops. This seems to be out of print at Folio.
How many students raise their hands and say barrel staves defeated the great Armada?
I have included a second book on the Armada, a slender volume called The Great Enterprise, published by Folio. This volume reprints documents and illustrations from that conflict.
Contact me at gregjackson1948@qwest.net
