
The Last Armada
Queen Elizabeth, Juan del Ăguila, and Hugh O'Neill: The Story of the 100-Day Spanish Invasion
- 420 pages
- English
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The Last Armada
Queen Elizabeth, Juan del Ăguila, and Hugh O'Neill: The Story of the 100-Day Spanish Invasion
About this book
The story of the last great naval battle between England and Spain, evoking a number of colorful and dangerous personalities who fought in the climactic conclusion to these two countries' great rivalry on the sea. Ireland: Christmas Eve, 1601.As thunder crashes and lightning rakes the sky, three very different commanders line up for a battle that will decide the fate of a nation. General Juan del Ăguila has been sprung from a prison cell to command the last great Spanish armada. His mission: to seize a bridgehead in Queen Elizabeth's England and hold it.Facing him is Charles Blount, a brilliant English strategist whose career is also under a cloud. His affair with a married woman edged him into a treasonous conspiracyâand brought him to within a hair's breadth of the gallows.Meanwhile, Irish insurgent Hugh O'Neill knows that this is his final chance to drive the English out of Ireland. For each man, this is the last throw of the dice. Tomorrow they will be either heroes or failures.These colorful commanders come alive in this true story of courage and endurance, of bitterness and betrayal, and of drama and intrigue at the highest levels in the courts of England and Spain.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note on the Text
- Chapter 1: Tinker, Tailor ⌠Soldier
- Chapter 2: âHaste, Haste, for Your Lifeâ
- Chapter 3: The Man Born without Fear
- Chapter 4: âFor God, All Difficulties Must Be Overcomeâ
- Chapter 5: Sailing to God or the Devil
- Chapter 6: The Invasion
- Chapter 7: âI Will Never See My Homeland Againâ
- Chapter 8: Trust in God and Keep Your Powder Wet
- Chapter 9: âIacta Est Alea â The Die Is Castâ
- Chapter 10: Curses Like Thunderbolts
- Chapter 11: The Lord of Beara and Bantry
- Chapter 12: Confessions and Conspiracies
- Chapter 13: âCrested Plumes and Silken Sashesâ
- Chapter 14: Digging for Victory
- Chapter 15: The Taking of Rinjora Castle
- Chapter 16: âThe Most Bloody and Treacherous Traitorâ
- Chapter 17: There Will Be No Retreat
- Chapter 18: Cold as Stone, Dark as Pitch
- Chapter 19: Stella and the Centaur
- Chapter 20: That Wondrous Winter March
- Chapter 21: A Direct Hit on Don Juan
- Chapter 22: Hell at Spaniardsâ Point
- Chapter 23: âLet Us Settle This in Single Combatâ
- Chapter 24: The Battle of Castlehaven
- Chapter 25: âSend Us Home Some Greyhoundsâ
- Chapter 26: The Great Persuader
- Chapter 27: âThey Died by Dozens on a Heapâ
- Chapter 28: A Meeting in the Fastness of Wood and Water
- Chapter 29: âMy Lord, It Is Time to Armâ
- Chapter 30: âThe Day of Trialâ: The Battle of Kinsale
- Chapter 31: Wondering Why
- Chapter 32: Honourable Terms, or a Thousand Deaths
- Chapter 33: âA Barbarous Nation for Which Christ Never Diedâ
- Chapter 34: Dossier of Treason
- Chapter 35: A Dead Juan Walking
- Chapter 36: The Trial
- Chapter 37: The Aftermath
- Chapter 38: Legacy
- Acknowledgements
- Illustrations
- Bibliography and Recommended Reading
- About the Author
- Copyright