{"product_id":"the-spanish-armada-a-history","title":"The Spanish Armada: A History","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this dramatic hour-by-hour  blow-by-blow account of the Spanish Armadas attempt to destroy Elizabeths England  Robert Hutchinson spins a compelling and unbelievable narrative.  After the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558  Protestant England was beset by the hostile Catholic powers of Europe  including Spain. In October 1585  King Philip II of Spain declared his intention to destroy Protestant England and began preparing invasion plans  leading to an intense intelligence war between the two countries and culminating in the dramatic sea battles of 1588.  Popular history dictates that the defeat of the Spanish Armada was a David versus Goliath victory  snatched by plucky and outnumbered English forces. In this tightly written and fascinating new history  Robert Hutchinson explodes this myth  revealing the true destroyers of the Spanish Armadainclement weather and bad luck. Of the 125 Spanish ships that set sail against England  only 60 limped home  the rest wrecked or sank with barely a shot fired from their main armament.  Using everything from contemporary eyewitness accounts to papers held by the national archives in Spain and the United Kingdom  Hutchinson re-creates one of historys most famous episodes in an entirely new way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966484508725,"sku":"ByrdShop_1250047129","price":34.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781250047120.jpg?v=1770564128","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-spanish-armada-a-history","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}