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Sir Walter Ralegh - the British dominion of the west is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only....

Excerpt from Calendar of Letters and State Papers Relating to English Affairs, Preserved Principally in the Archives of Simancas, Vol. 2: Elizabeth, 1568-1579He inveighed volubly and indignantly on the slight thus put upon his mistress, and denounced Guzman himself for having made mischief in the matter. Guzman met the outburst very characteristically. Relating the scene to the King he says: I let him talk on, and, when he had done, I waited a...

Excerpt from Calendar of Letters and State Papers Relating to English Affairs Preserved In, or Originally Belonging To, the Archives of Simancas, Vol. 4: Elizabeth, 1587-1603A system of somewhat closer condensation of many of the manuscripts having been adopted, more precise marginal references than in previous volumes have been given, but as in nearly every case the original manuscript has been transcribed by. The editor himself, it is hoped ...

Excerpt from Calendar of Letters and State Papers Relating to English Affairs Preserved In, or Originally Belonging To, the Archives of Simancas, Vol. 4: Elizabeth, 1587-1603A system of somewhat closer condensation of many of the manuscripts having been adopted, more precise marginal references than in previous volumes have been given, but as in nearly every case the original manuscript has been transcribed by. The editor himself, it is hoped ...

Excerpt from Calendar of Letters and State Papers Relating to English Affairs, Preserved Principally in the Archives of Simancas, Vol. 2: Elizabeth, 1568-1579He inveighed volubly and indignantly on the slight thus put upon his mistress, and denounced Guzman himself for having made mischief in the matter. Guzman met the outburst very characteristically. Relating the scene to the King he says: I let him talk on, and, when he had done, I waited a...

Excerpt from Philip II of SpainThe reasons for his defeat will be seen in the course Of the present work to have been partly personal and partly circumstantial. The causes of both these sets Of reasons were laid at periods long anterior to Philip's birth.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. Fo...

About the Book Books about the History of Spain discuss the 700 year period of Muslim rule until the Reconquista returned Christian rule in the late 15th century. Soon afterwards the discoveries of Columbus (1492) in the New World ushered in a Golden Age of the Spanish Empire. Spain was conquered by Napoleon, and the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War resulted in subsequent dictatorship of General Franco, which lasted until 1975. Portugal's power in th...

Philip II. of Spain is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes thes...

Spain - its greatness and decay - 1479-1788. Second Edition is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiqu...

Published 1892-9, this four-volume collection contains translated Spanish documents relating to England during the reign of Elizabeth I.

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Excerpt from Philip II of Spain For three hundred years a bitter controversy has raged around the actions of Philip II. Of Spain. Until our own times no attempt even had been made to write his life-history from an impartial point Of view. He had been alternately deified and execrated, until through the mists of time and prejudice he loomed rather as the permanent embodiment Of a system than as an individual man swayed by changing circumstance...

Excerpt from The Courtships of Queen Elizabeth: A History of the Various Negotiations for Her Marriage That a strong modern England was rendered possible mainly by the boldness, astuteness, and activity of Elizabeth at the critical turning-point of European history is generally admitted, but how masterly her policy was, and how entirely personal to herself, is even yet perhaps not fully understood. I have therefore endeavoured in this book to...

Excerpt from Treason and Plot: Struggles for Catholic Supremacy in the Last Years of Queen ElizabethThe adoption of the Reformation by England was an event which did not alone concern the nation itself, but threw out of balance the whole edifice of European power, built upon traditional alliances and international policies that had survived for centuries. However much it may have suited the temporal ends of Spanish monarchs to incite their sub...

Excerpt from The Spanish People: Their Origin, Growth, and InfluenceAN attempt is made in this book to trace the evolution of a lhighly composite peopl'e from its various racial unilsl ahdit'owseek in, the peculiarities of its origin and the circum stances Oi its development the explanation of its character and institutions, and Of the principal vicissitudes that have befallen it as a nation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundred...

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Excerpt from Calendar of Letters and State Papers Relating to English Affairs, Vol. 1: Preserved Principally in the Archives of Simancas N 0 period of equal length has ever been more important for the future of England than the first nine years of the reign of Elizabeth covered by the correspondence published in the present volume. The country was weak, divided and defenceless, ready apparently to fall a prey to one of the two great continent...

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