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Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England’s Deliverance in 1588 Hardcover – February 7, 2023
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Selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the Best Books of 2023
“Will surely become the definitive account.”—Stephen Brumwell, Wall Street Journal
In July 1588 the Spanish Armada sailed from Corunna to conquer England. Three weeks later an English fireship attack in the Channel—and then a fierce naval battle—foiled the planned invasion. Many myths still surround these events. The genius of Sir Francis Drake is exalted, while Spain’s efforts are belittled. But what really happened during that fateful encounter?
Drawing on archives from around the world, Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker also deploy vital new evidence from Armada shipwrecks off the coasts of Ireland and Scotland. Their gripping, beautifully illustrated account provides a fresh understanding of how the rival fleets came into being; how they looked, sounded, and smelled; and what happened when they finally clashed.
Looking beyond the events of 1588 to the complex politics which made war between England and Spain inevitable, and at the political and dynastic aftermath, Armada deconstructs the many legends to reveal why, ultimately, the bold Spanish mission failed.
- Print length768 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherYale University Press
- Publication dateFebruary 7, 2023
- Dimensions6.38 x 2.13 x 9.53 inches
- ISBN-100300259867
- ISBN-13978-0300259865
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“Its extensive updates, drawing on international archive research and marine archaeology, mean it should remain the definitive English study of the Armada for at least another generation.”—Dan Jones, Times (UK)
“Martin and Parker have been working together on the Armada since its quatercentenary in 1988. This is their most comprehensive work, the profit of decades of tricky deep-sea archaeology and archive-trawling. It is this archaeological focus that makes their writing stand out among many competent histories. The remains of musical instruments and medical tools tell a human tale, balancing out detailed analysis of the innovations that provided the English with a military edge.”—Daniel Brooks, Sunday Telegraph
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“The most authoritative account of the Armada yet published. . . . A window onto the early modern world and a complete analysis of an event that continues to intrigue and enlighten.”—Margarette Lincoln, Times Literary Supplement
”Martin and Parker have created not merely a very vivid and uniquely detailed retelling of a familiar story—which they reconstruct with consummate skill—but also a passage to the sixteenth-century maritime world. . . . This
Armada deserves to sail home in triumph.”—Elliot Jordan, International Journal of Maritime History
“Martin and Parker’s superb account of the ill-fated Spanish effort to invade England in 1588 is remarkable in its level of detail, drawing on naval archeology and manuscripts to provide a full and vivid history.”—Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs
“A triumph. Beautifully illustrated, delightfully readable, yet uncompromising in its scholarship, this will be the definitive work on the Armada for generations of historians to come. It is a must-have for all those who would seek to understand one of the defining moments of early modern history.”—Journal of Military History
Selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the Best Books of 2023
“Those who claim you cannot improve on perfection need to explain this book. Parker and Martin’s original account of the Armada campaign was the work from which all subsequent scholars took their lead; this one, with 30 years’ worth of extra research and thought, sets a new benchmark. Magisterial.”—Dan Snow, author of On This Day in History
“An elegant marriage between archival research and marine archaeology yields new light on the Armada and its benighted crews in a compelling account of the 1588 campaign. After reading this absorbing book, who can now still believe that history is static, carved in stone?”—Robert Hutchinson, author of The Spanish Armada
“A gripping, scholarly and masterful appraisal of the events of 1588. Piecing together a wealth of original sources, from letters and papers in the archives of England, Spain and the USA to evidence from the shipwrecks, Parker and Martin have constructed a narrative that is as vivid as it is dramatic. This brilliant book will rapidly take its place as the definitive work on the Armada.”—Tracy Borman, author of The Private Lives of the Tudors
“Martin and Parker’s Armada is the best explanation of the defeat of the attempted Spanish Invasion of England in 1588. Skilfully combining archaeological and historical research, these great scholars provide here the authoritative edition of their lifetimes’ work on the subject.”—Hiram Morgan, University College Cork
“This is a magisterial study of some 50 years in the making. Bringing together for the first time the latest insights from archaeological research with important new manuscript discoveries, Martin and Parker have written the authoritative book on the Spanish Armada of 1588, which is as comprehensive as it is compelling.”—James Daybell, University of Plymouth
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- Publisher : Yale University Press (February 7, 2023)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 768 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0300259867
- ISBN-13 : 978-0300259865
- Item Weight : 4.27 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.38 x 2.13 x 9.53 inches
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I could hardly put the book down for the first 3/4 of 545, but the aftermath segment dragged a bit. My only disappointment is not learning the reactions of Philip & the pope to the debacle.
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However, as large as it is, it’s a joy to hold and to read. The book is beautifully presented by Yale University Press, nicely and securely bound, good quality paper and around 155 illustrations, pictures and diagrams, the majority in colour. Also provided is six informative charts covering various subjects mentioned in the narrative by the authors.
The book is divided into four parts made up of twenty-one chapters and an Epilogue. The four sections are; "The Fleets Assemble", "God's Obvious Design", "It came, it saw, it departed" and "The Aftermath". The authors provide a coherent and non-biased account of the events and people involved in this great enterprise which was both easy to read and very informative.
The book covers in detail the Armada's movements along with the Spanish army of Flanders, the English countermoves, the manoeuvres and fighting in the English Channel, the subsequent destruction of many of the Armada's ships during the long voyage back home past the rugged shores of Scotland and Ireland and the fate of the Spanish sailors and soldiers.
The final few chapters cover the fall-out from the failure of the Armada, the search for scapegoats and the events of the Counter-Armada. The authors then delve into the Spanish Armada in myth and legend - both in England and Spain, followed by the various wrecks that have been located and identified as ships from the Armada and what has happened to these wrecks since.
Before reading this book, my two favourite titles cover the Armada had been "Defeat Of The Spanish Armada" by Garrett Mattingly and "The Confident Hope of a Miracle: The True History of the Spanish Armada" by Neil Hanson. I can be reasonably confident in saying that this new book by Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker has edged past those two as 'the' book on the subject.
I have no hesitation in recommending this book to anyone who enjoys reading great history, it is how a history book should be written and presented.