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The Armada

by Garrett Mattingly · 1959

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In putting the naval campaign of 1588 back into the context of the first great international crisis of modern history, this title builds up, like the movements of a symphony, a broad picture of how events of the time affected men's actions, plans and hopes.

Subject
history
Genre
war and militaryhistorical fictionmedievalTudor
Themes
historymilitary historynautical
Setting
Tudor16th centuryRenaissancemedievalSpain
Audience
adult
Length
long · 464 pages

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