A Short History of England
by G. K. Chesterton | 
Empires of the Atlantic World
by J. H. Elliott |
Rivers of Gold
by Hugh Thomas | 
The Elizabethans
by A. N. Wilson | 
The Armada
by Garrett Mattingly |
The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England
by Ian Mortimer | 
How To Be a Tudor
by Ruth Goodman | 
The Spanish Civil War
by Helen Graham |
Civilization
by Roger Osborne | 
The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
by Lawrence James |
Catastrophe
by David Keys |
The Evolution of Civilizations
by Carroll Quigley |
After the Victorians
by A. N. Wilson |
1492
by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto | 
The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997
by Piers Brendon | 
Dead Wake
by Erik Larson | 
One Summer: America, 1927
by Bill Bryson | 
Six Frigates
by Ian W. Toll |
102 Minutes
by Jim Dwyer | 
The History of Jihad
by Robert Spencer |
The story of the Spanish Armada is one of the great epics, with a cast of characters as rich and varied as any in history and results that shaped Europe for centuries to come. Neil Hanson -- acclaimed author of The Great Fire of London -- traces the origins of the conflict from the Old World to the New, delineating the Armada campaign in rousing prose. He illuminates the lives of kings and popes, spymasters and assassins, military commanders and common sailors, and the ordinary men and women caught up in this great event when the fate of nations hung in the balance. The Confident Hope of a Miracle is authentic and original history written with the pace and drama of a novel.