The Armada Garrett Mattingly

19 1959 an extraordinary achievement not only in its complete reassessment of the factors involved in the defeat of the spanish armada but in a convincing recreation of the europe of the times.

The armada garrett mattingly. So skillfully constructed it reads like a novel new york times the armada is sure to appeal to the scholar and. A marvelous you are there book beginning with the beheading of mary queen of scots and ending with elizabeth the first s butt sitting more firmly on the throne. It was published in 1959 by houghton mifflin company and mattingly won a special pulitzer prize for the work in 1960 as a first class history and a literary work of high order. One biographer wrote that the armada was.

Easton press leather armada garrett mattingly 1989 military history 44 98 5 45 shipping. In 1960 he won a pulitzer prize for the defeat of the spanish armada early life and education. The esteemed and critically acclaimed historian garrett mattingly explores all dimensions of the naval campaign. The armada is a popular history by garrett mattingly a historian who taught at columbia university about the attempt of the spanish armada to invade england in 1588.

The armada by garrett mattingly release date. Amazon nl selecteer uw cookievoorkeuren we gebruiken cookies en vergelijkbare tools om uw winkelervaring te verbeteren onze services aan te bieden te begrijpen hoe klanten onze services gebruiken zodat we verbeteringen kunnen aanbrengen en om advertenties weer te geven. Born in washington d c mattingly attended elementary school in washington and. Garrett mattingly the armada book of the month club edition.

The armada is an excellent and well researched book by the late professor garrett mattingly of columbia university and is both very readable and also a serious book of history. Garrett mattingly s classic the armada will put you at sir francis drake s elbow on board the elizabeth bonaventure when he sails into cadiz to singe the beard of philip of spain. The esteemed and critically acclaimed historian garrett mattingly explores all dimensions of the naval campaign which captured the attention of the european world and played a deciding role in the settlement of the new world. Garrett mattingly may 6 1900 december 18 1962 was a professor of european history at columbia university who specialized in early modern diplomatic history.