Easton Press "The Armada" Garrett Mattingly, Leather Bound Collector's Edition [Sealed]

Easton Press, Norwalk, CT. 1989. The Armada by Garrett Mattingly. Luxurious leather bound collector's edition from the Easton Press. The Leather Bound Nautical Library. This edition includes the original Collector's Notes.

Garrett Mattingly (May 6, 1900 – December 18, 1962) was a professor of European history at Columbia University who specialized in early modern diplomatic history. In 1960 he won a Pulitzer Prize for The Defeat of the Spanish Armada.



About the Book

Chronicling one of the most spectacular events of the sixteenth century, The Armada is the definitive story of the English fleet's infamous defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. The esteemed and critically acclaimed historian Garrett Mattingly explores all dimensions of the naval campaign, which captured the attention of the European world and played a deciding role in the settlement of the New World. "So skillfully constructed it reads like a novel" (New York Times), The Armada is sure to appeal to the scholar and amateur historian alike.