The Voyage of the Armada: The Spanish Story

276 Pages·2012·32.073 MB·English

by  Howarth, David

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David Howarth, historian of Waterloo, the
Norman Conquest, and other turning points in
history, lives and writes in Sussex, England.
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Conquest (also published by Penguin Books);
The Greek Adventure; Sovereign of the Seas;
Trafalgar; A Near Run Thing; The Golden
Isthmus; The Desert King: A Life of Ibn Saud;
The Shadow of the Dam; Dawn of D-Day;
The Sledge Patrol; We Die Alone (Escape
Alone); and The Shetland Bus.
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THE VOYAGE
OF THE ARMADA
The
Spanish Story
DAVID HOWARTH
PENGUIN BOOKS
Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth,
Middlesex, England
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New York,New York 10022, U.S.A.
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First published in the United States of America by
The Viking Press 1981
Published in Penguin Books 1982
©
Copyright David Howarth, 1981
All rights reserved
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA
Howarth, David Armine, 1912—
The voyageof the Armada.
Reprint. Originally published: New York: Viking
Press, 1981.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index. — —
I. Armada, 1588. 2. Spain History Philip II,
1556-1598. L Title.
DA360.H68 1982 946'.04 82-9123
ISBN o 14 00.6315 3 AACR2
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