Mattingly, Garrett
The Armada by Garrett Mattingly - Boston Houghton Mifflin 1959 - 443 p.
Includes Index
Curtain raiser --
Simplicity of a city --
Perplexity of a queen --
The end of a gay season --
Plans of operations --
The bitter bread --
God's obvious design --
"The wind commands me away" --
A beard is singed --
"No matter of substance" --
Barrel staves and treasure --
An arm is cut off --
The happy day --
The uses of victory --
Ominous year --
The company of these noble ships --
"In the hope of a miracle" --
The day of the barricades, I --
The day of the barricades, II --
The invincible sets sail --
"The advantage of time and place" --
Entrance into the arena --
First blood --
"A terrible value of great shot" --
In formidable order --
The hellburners --
The order broken --
The tardy miracle --
"Myself your general" --
Drake is captured! --
The long road home --
End of a tall man --
The winds of God --
Not a whit dismayed.
Describes the English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 in the framework of European history. Also covers diplomacy, strategy, and politics.
Armada --1588
Spain--History--Naval --16th Century
Spain--History--Philip II 1556-1598
Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603
Great Britain --History--Naval--Tudors--1485-1603
942.055 Mat 15
The Armada by Garrett Mattingly - Boston Houghton Mifflin 1959 - 443 p.
Includes Index
Curtain raiser --
Simplicity of a city --
Perplexity of a queen --
The end of a gay season --
Plans of operations --
The bitter bread --
God's obvious design --
"The wind commands me away" --
A beard is singed --
"No matter of substance" --
Barrel staves and treasure --
An arm is cut off --
The happy day --
The uses of victory --
Ominous year --
The company of these noble ships --
"In the hope of a miracle" --
The day of the barricades, I --
The day of the barricades, II --
The invincible sets sail --
"The advantage of time and place" --
Entrance into the arena --
First blood --
"A terrible value of great shot" --
In formidable order --
The hellburners --
The order broken --
The tardy miracle --
"Myself your general" --
Drake is captured! --
The long road home --
End of a tall man --
The winds of God --
Not a whit dismayed.
Describes the English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 in the framework of European history. Also covers diplomacy, strategy, and politics.
Armada --1588
Spain--History--Naval --16th Century
Spain--History--Philip II 1556-1598
Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603
Great Britain --History--Naval--Tudors--1485-1603
942.055 Mat 15