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'Mr Howarth is a brilliant writer, full of grace and wit and solid common sense' - The New Yorker A reprint of a marvellous retelling of the Armada story. Until this book was published, the Battle of the Armada had been told primarily from the English viewpoint, the English victory puffed up into a national heroic tale which was far from the truth. There is another side to this story, however, and, basing his narrative on previously unexplored Spanish sources, David Howarth, brilliantly redressed the balance.
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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. (5 1/2 x 8 1/4, 256 pages, map)
About the Author
David Howarth was a BBC correspondent in the Second World War until 1940 when he joined the Royal Navy and came under the command of the Special Operations Service running clandestine operations between Shetland and Norway. In peacetime he remained in Shetland, and it was then that he started his writing career. Some of his books include The Shetland Bus, Dawn of D-Day. and Waterloo: A Near Run Thing. David Howarth died in 1991, at the age of 78.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jeffrey Bauer (Author photograph) (illustrator). Presumed First Edition, First Printing. 256 pages. Endpaper map. Footnotes. Illustrations. Sources. Index. Ink notation and previous owner's mailing label on fep. The dust jacket is price clipped, has wear, tears, soiling, and chip at bottom of back. The Voyage of the Armada: The Spanish Story by David Howarth is a historical account of the 1588 Spanish Armada, focusing on the Spanish perspective, using previously unexplored Spanish sources to detail the experiences of the sailors, commanders, and the conflict's key figures like Philip II. The book covers the dramatic journey, battles, storms, and wrecks, offering a narrative that brings to life the human side of the famous naval expedition. David Armine Howarth (28 July 1912 - 2 July 1991) was a British naval officer, boatbuilder, historian and author. Howarth and Richard Dimbleby became the first war correspondents for BBC radio at the start of World War II. He left the BBC and joined the Navy in 1940 after the fall of France. He served initially as a Petty officer at Lowestoft, then was commissioned into the RNVR and posted to Scapa Flow as Flag Lieutenant to the Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands, Rear Admiral Sir Hugh Binney. From there, he was recruited in 1941 by the Secret Intelligence Service and Special Operations Executive (SOE) and helped set up the Shetland Bus, an SOE operation crewed by Norwegians running a clandestine route between Shetland and Norway. He was second in command at the Naval base in Shetland, first based at Lunna House then subsequently mainly at Scalloway, and stayed in this role for the remainder of the war. After the war, Howarth initially stayed in Shetland and started writing, including a memoir of the Shetland Bus. During this period he also undertook occasional projects for the Secret Intelligence Service. He then moved to England, and wrote numerous books, often on naval and military history, and often following in-depth investigations overseas. In 1962, he stayed with the 14th Dalai Lama at Dharamshala in order to edit his first autobiography, My Land and My People. He also made some travel documentaries for the BBC. Mr Howarth is a brilliant writer, full of grace and wit and solid common sense' - The New Yorker. A marvelous retelling of the Armada story. Until this book was published, the Battle of the Armada had been told primarily from the English viewpoint, the English victory puffed up into a national heroic tale which was far from the truth. There is another side to this story, however, and, basing his narrative on previously unexplored Spanish sources, David Howarth, brilliantly redressed the balance. From the Back Cover: 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. Derived from a Kirkus review: The author of 1066 and other historical reconstructions now undertakes to show, from the Spanish point of view, "what people thought was happening" during the ill-starred voyage of the Armada, "and what they felt about it". Howarth's primary sources are high-level Spanish narratives, and his protagonists are the Spanish principals, King Philip; the Duke of Parma; and the Duke of Medina Sidonia, the Armada's comma. Seller Inventory # 91447