{"product_id":"the-forgotten-armada-9798235111912","title":"The Forgotten Armada","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Niall Brennan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Black Bell Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Black Bell Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - Tudor \u0026amp; Elizabethan Era (1485-1603)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Spanish Armada is famous. The armadas that came after it are almost forgotten.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1588, England survived the great Spanish Armada and turned that survival into legend. Fireships, storms, sea battles, and Elizabeth at Tilbury became part of the national memory. Spain came, England resisted, and the kingdom was saved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut the danger did not end there.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpain came back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Forgotten Armada\u003c\/strong\u003e uncovers the dramatic story of the later Spanish invasion attempts that followed 1588: the great fleet of 1596, the renewed armada of 1597, and the Spanish landing in Ireland in 1601. These were not minor aftershocks of a defeated empire. They were serious attempts to reopen the war, exploit England's weaknesses, support Irish resistance, and threaten Elizabeth's realm at a moment when the kingdom was older, poorer, divided, and still vulnerable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of storms, spies, galleons, coastal panic, royal ambition, shattered plans, and one of the most dangerous forgotten chapters of the Anglo Spanish War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside this book, you will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe truth behind the armadas Spain sent after 1588\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy England remained vulnerable long after its famous victory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow Ireland became the strategic doorway Spain hoped to use against Elizabeth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe forgotten invasion scares of 1596 and 1597\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Spanish landing at Kinsale and the battle that changed Irish history\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe role of Philip II, Elizabeth I, Hugh O'Neill, Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Essex, Mountjoy, and Don Juan del �guila\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy the later armadas vanished from popular memory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the story is a startling truth: England did not defeat Spain once and become safe forever. It survived a longer, stranger, and more dangerous struggle than the legend of 1588 allows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe sea did not close after the Armada.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt remained open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Spain returned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Bell Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47882804986007,"sku":"9798235111912","price":1591.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798235111912.webp?v=1781097181","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-forgotten-armada-9798235111912","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}