ENGLAND & THE SPANISH ARMADA: THE NECESSARY QUARREL

Author: James McDermott

Publisher: Yale University Press

Year published: 2005

Pagination: 411pp 16 illustrations

Condition: very good in d/w

The Armada campaign pitted Europe's mightiest military power against Christendom's most powerful navy in a battle for different ideals of civilization. Both protagonists expected the clash to be decisive; neither, knew how to fight a battle whose scale and character were beyond the experience of anyone in the two fleets. What ensued was an inconclusive affair, redeemed for England by atrocious weather, and poor Spanish understanding of the coastlines of western Scotland and Ireland.