Commander of the Armada: The Seventh Duke of Medina Sidonia

The seventh Duke of Medina Sidonia is best known as the man who led to defeat the Spanish Armada of 1588. This book by Peter Pierson is the first complete biography in any language of this important figure. Based on previously inaccessible documents from the Medina Sidonia archives, it offers fascinating material on sixteenth-century Spain and new and exciting details about the armada campaign.
Pierson begins by describing the Duke’s youth and his close ties to the court of Philip II. He dis...