The Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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The Defeat of the Spanish Armada is a book by Garrett Mattingly, a popular history of the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England. The book was published in 1959 by Jonathan Cape Ltd, and by Houghton Mifflin Company as The Armada and won a special citation from the Pulitzer Prize committee in 1960, although the actual winner of the Pulitzer prize for history in 1960 was In the Days of McKinley by Margaret Leech.
It covers both the historical context, including the complicated politics, and the day-by-day narrative of the events.
It has been reissued a number of times, and as of 2003 is in print as The Armada (ISBN 0-395-08366-4).
