The Confident Hope of a Miracle : The True History of the Spanish Armada

Rating:
Summary: A Very Apt Story Very Well Told
Review: As we now look at the possibility of another religious war, this time between Islam and the Christian world, this book has a particular lesson for our time. The title itself speaks of the time. Confident that God would bless the Catholic church, the Spanish Armada set out to conquer England.

It appears however that better ships, better guns, better men. Then to cap it all was the weather in the English Channel. The Miracle certainly didn't happen. In fact you could view the storm as God's will pointing in another direction.

This book is supurbly researched and written with a descriptive flair that makes it almost read like a novel. You know the outcome, of course, but the story is very well told.