The Defeat Of The Spanish Armada [Hardcover] Garrett Mattingly

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THE DEFEAT OF THE
SPANISH ARMADA
CARRETT MATTINGLY's book on
O the Spanish Armada has al-
ready established itself as the classic
account of that epoch-making event.
As scholarship it is final, and indis-
pensable; but it is also magnificent
reading. It is true to say that it holds
the attention like a very fine his-
torical novel-one reads on with
absorbed interest.
Though Mattingly does full justice
to the naval kernel of his story, he
gives us much more than that. A
distinguished diplomatic historian,
he portrays for us the line-up of the
powers in Europe, he makes clear
the complexities of the political and
religious conflict, he makes real to us
the personalities involved.
The book is without bias. One of
its prime advantages is that it tells
the story, for the first time from both
the English and the Spanish view-
points. He has an equal mastery of
the Spanish as well as the English
sources.