Read by Burke Hulley

In May of 1588, on the order of Spain's King Philip, 30,000 soldiers
and sailors armed with arquebus and musket set out to sea. A larger
fleet had never before been assembled. In the Voyage of the Armada,
David Howarth brilliantly conveys the drama of the Spanish Armada's
progress and brings to life the personalities of the men who influenced
its course, from the dogmatic and irrational Philip II to Don Juan Martinez
de Recalde to Don Pedro and Don Diego de Valdes, who were cousins but
also bitter enemies, to the Spanish soldiers and sailors who unquestioningly
ventured into unknown seas to confront their fates.

Basing his narrative on previously unexplored Spanish sources, David
Howarth shows that there is always another side to every conflict. The
Voyage of the Armada recounts the adventures of these brave men as they
go from battles to storms to wrecks and then finally - for the lucky
ones - return home.

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