Armada

by Duff Hart-Davis

Armada

256 pages, Hardcover

Published June 1, 1988

About the author

Peter Duff Hart-Davis, generally known as Duff Hart-Davis was a British biographer, naturalist and journalist, who wrote for The Independent. He was married to Phyllida Barstow and had one son and one daughter, the journalist Alice Hart-Davis. He lived at Owlpen, in Gloucestershire.

Reviews

[Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Totally fascinating, the insights into tactics, and how the sailors used the weather is told plainly and is very readable. The effects of the armada’s defeat defined the Europe we have today. Absolutely worth reading.