The ArmadaHoughton Mifflin, 1959 - Всего страниц: 443 Chronicling one of the most spectacular events of the sixteenth century, The Armada is the definitive story of the English fleet's dramatic defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. The esteemed and critically acclaimed historian Garrett Mattingly explores all dimensions of the naval campaign that 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. Book jacket. |
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... thing , and the anonymous witness who wrote that the admiral , after seeing victory snatched from him by a hair's breadth ( the escape of the Triumph ) had saved his whole fleet from disaster by no greater margin , was not exagge ...
... thing , and the anonymous witness who wrote that the admiral , after seeing victory snatched from him by a hair's breadth ( the escape of the Triumph ) had saved his whole fleet from disaster by no greater margin , was not exagge ...
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... thing , not once but several times . There is one thing even odder . In the few and formal communications they ex- changed , it is perhaps natural that the duke of Parma did not re- veal to the duke of Medina Sidonia all his ...
... thing , not once but several times . There is one thing even odder . In the few and formal communications they ex- changed , it is perhaps natural that the duke of Parma did not re- veal to the duke of Medina Sidonia all his ...
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... thing is to separate the man from the legend . CHAPTER IX • For the English view of the descent on Cadiz , as above ... things , about the number of the galleys , agreeing exactly with the narrative from Cadiz . Theoretically , galleys ...
... thing is to separate the man from the legend . CHAPTER IX • For the English view of the descent on Cadiz , as above ... things , about the number of the galleys , agreeing exactly with the narrative from Cadiz . Theoretically , galleys ...
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PERPLEXITY OF A QUEEN | 16 |
THE END OF A GAY SEASON | 29 |
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