Sink the Armada!

Stewart Ross

Description

Mixing fiction with facts

Sujets

• History
• Fiction
• The Tudors
• HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
• Elizabeth I of England
• Elizabeth I
• Maison Tudor

Informations

• Publié par: Read Zone
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783227617
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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SINK THE ARMADA!
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First published in this edition 2015

© copyright in the text Stewart Ross, 1999
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First published 1997 by Evans Brothers Ltd

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SINK THE ARMADA!
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE AND
THE SPANISH ARMADA OF 1588

Stewart Ross
CONTENTS


TO THE READER

THE STORY SO FAR

TIME LINE

PORTRAIT GALLERY

Chapter 1 | CAPTAIN-GENERAL OF THE OCEAN SEA
King Philip II puts the Duke of Medina-Sidonia in charge of the Spanish Armada.

Chapter 2 | ‘SMASH THEM AT SEA!’
The Armada sets sails and Sir Francis Drake plans to attack it at sea. Tom Barnecut joins his crew.

Chapter 3 | AN AMAZING SIGHT
The Armada reaches England and the English fleet prepares for action.

Chapter 4 | CREEPING UP IN THE NIGHT
The English fleet manages to get into a good position to attack the Armada.

Chapter 5 | ‘I SUGGEST WE PRAY’
Fighting off English attacks, the Armada sails up the Channel to Calais.

Chapter 6 | ‘SINK THE ARMADA!’
Sir Francis Drake uses fire ships to break up the Armada. The English fleet prepares for battle.

Chapter 7 | THE BATTLE OF GRAVELINES
The English and Spanish fleets fight their fiercest battle.

Chapter 8 | THE VOYAGE HOME
Scattered by gales, the Armada’s battered ships struggle home to Spain.

THE HISTORY FILE

NEW WORDS
TO THE READER


Sink the Armada! is a story from history.