The Spanish Armada By Garrett Mattingly

In 1960 he won a pulitzer prize for the defeat of the spanish armada early life and education.

The spanish armada by garrett mattingly.

The armada is a popular history by garrett mattingly a historian who taught at columbia university about the attempt of the spanish armada to invade england in 1588. Garrett mattingly may 6 1900 december 18 1962 was a professor of european history at columbia university who specialized in early modern diplomatic history. His book on the spanish armada appeared in 1959. Born in washington d c mattingly attended elementary school in washington and.

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. The esteemed and critically acclaimed historian garrett mattingly explores all dimensions of the naval campaign which captured the attention of the european world. Well now i have and it did not disappoint. Garrett mattingly s the spanish armada the title of the edition i read is a classic of historical writing that i have known about ever since college and wanted to read eventually.

It was published in 1959 by houghton mifflin company and mattingly won a special pulitzer prize for the work in 1960 as a first class history and a literary work of high order. While i am sure that some of its interpretations are dated. 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.