Product Description

The defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 was the greatest feat of English arms since the Battle of Agincourt a century and a half earlier. The poorly planned expedition with its huge galleons was ordered to join with the Spanish Army in the Netherlands for an invasion of Queen Elizabeth I's Protestant England. But the Spaniards found that the English had radically changed the rules of sea warfare, with a new breed of warship employing newly-devised techniques of gunnery which thwarted the Armada as it fought its way up the Channel.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1257901 in Books
• Published on: 1998-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Customer Reviews

Nice effort at a fascinating subject
Mr Milne-Tyte, an ex-journalist I believe, has made a fair stab at this fascinating topic of the Spanish Armada. He provides a balanced and objective account of the two sides, twisting in the religious, social, economic and political aspects of the whole saga. However, I've knocked off two stars owing to the rather disjointed writing style which if organised better could have made this book a much better read. Still I learnt a lot.