Commander of the Armada The Seventh Duke of Medina Sidonia

Name: Commander of the Armada The Seventh Duke of Medina Sidonia
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ISBN: 9780300044089

ISBN-10: 0300044089

ISBN-13: 9780300044089

Edition: 1989

Authors: Peter Pierson

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The seventh Duke of Medina Sidonia is best known as the man who led to defeat the Spanish Armada of 1588. This book by Peter Pierson is the first complete biography in any language of this important figure. Based on previously inaccessible documents from the Medina Sidonia archives, it offers fascinating material on sixteenth-century Spain and new and exciting details about the armada campaign. Pierson begins by describing the Duke’s youth and his close ties to the court of Philip II. He discusses the Duke’s lifelong involvement with the shipping that navigated the treasure route from Spain to the Indies, his significant role in Philip’s successful quest for the Portuguese Crown, and…

Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 9/10/1989
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.95" long x 0.12" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English