Excerpt from The Story of the Great ArmadaThe late Mr. J ames Anthony Froude, in his review of Captain Fernandez Duro's collection of Spanish papers referring to the Armada, describes the campaign as the most dramatic event in our national history, and makes the forecast that When the asperities of theology shall have mellowed down at last, Spanish and English authorities together Will furnish materials for a great epic poem. Then he goes on to speak of that happy time as being still far distant.I fail to see What the asperities of theology have to do with the story of a naval campaign, and it seems to me that though the time for some inspired singer attempting the epic of the Armada may be far distant, and indeed may never come, it is time to attempt a record of the great struggle between the fleets of Queen Elizabeth and King Philip, based on contemporary English and Spanish documents, and written, as history should be written, Without any intention of proving this or that pre conceived theory.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.