The Return of the Armadas: The Last Years of the Elizabethan War Against Spain, 1595-1603 [Hardcover]

R. B. Wernham (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198204434 | ISBN-13: 978-0198204435 | Publication Date: May 19, 1994

This sequel to R.B. Wernham's acclaimed After the Armada picksup where its companion volume left off. The defeat of the Spanish Armada did not put an end to Spanish sea power, and by the mid-1590s the war against Spain had been renewed. Rebellion in Ireland added to the problems faced by the Government in the last years of Queen Elizabeth's reign. R.B. Wernham sets out to examine these major events of the last years of Queen Elizabeth's reign and to assess their impact on English policy. This is a lucidly written and superbly integrated study of events and policies during this period by a leading historian of Elizabethan affairs.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"With this book, R.B. Wernham brings to a close his monumental survey of Elizabethan foreign and military policy. Though it may be seen as a sequel to his earlier works, Before the Armada and After the Armada, it stands on its own as a coherent study of the last years of Elizabeth's war with Spain...Those who wish to know what the English were doing--and why they did it-- in these critical years will long be indebted to Wernham for bringing his great work to a satisfying conclusion."--Albion

Praise for the companion volume:

"To comprehend fully the achievement of Mr. Wernham in the research and the writing that went to produce this splendid book, one must work...on the period after 1596, when we no longer have his guidance...The sense of deprivation is severe, even alarming. One can only ask, selfishly, for more."--Penry Williams, English Historical Review

"With this volume, Wernham concludes his masterful series on Elizabethan foreign policy....Interesting for the general reader and invaluable to scholars."--Choice

About the Author

R. B. Wernham is Emeritus Professor of Modern History at University of Oxford.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 472 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (May 19, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198204434
• ISBN-13: 978-0198204435
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,915,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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