Two experts incorporate much new evidence from wrecks and archives: this new book has a reasonable claim to be the definitive account of the Armada. Illustrated.
The penultimate novel by the great Marías, who very sadly died in September 2022. Themes, characters and ideas resurface throughout his work, both the standalone novels and the astonishing ... read more
Explores the world and campaigns of the late-medieval imperialists, the Christian adventurers whose mind-sets are as remote to us today as were those of the Aztecs and Incas to them.