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

by R. B. Wernham

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198204435
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/19/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	466
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.75(h) x 1.34(d)
Lexile:	1570L (what's this?)

About the Author

Oxford University (Emeritus)

Editorial Reviews

"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

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