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The Great Enterprise The History of the Spanish Armada

The editor Stephen Usherwood has selected a number of contemporary documents to illustrate what happened with the Spanish Armada. In 1588 Britain stood in danger of invasion, but just how real was the Spanish threat? Was the Catholic conspiracy serious? Did the Spanish army actually embark? And was the issue ever in genuine doubt?

In The Great Enterprise: The History of the Spanish Armada, Stphen Usherwood makes the story more vivid than ever before by telling it, stage by stage, from the English and Spanish sides, from both public and secret papers. The narrative begins in 1572 with Queen Elizabeth I of England and King Philip II of Spain and their differing attitudes. In the aftermath Francisco de Cuellar, and his galleon the San Pedro, were survivors both of the battle in the Channel and the perilous voyage round the inhospitable coast of Scotland, foundering at last on the wild Mayo coast. This vivid narrative, put together from the bare bones of history, closes with his terrifying account of the wreck, and his hair-raising escape through the primitive, savage and mainly hostile territories of Ireland. It is an unforgettable vignette of the bleak horrors of war, shipwreck and privation.

Features;

• Folio Society First Impression No. 433
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 1978
• Blue Cloth Hardback, 192 pp
• Contemporary prints, maps, and paintings
• Size 250 x 160mm, 800g

Condition: Fine – Original Glassine Dust-jacket, Superb Unmarked Copy

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