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"The Last Fight of the Revenge is the true story of one of the most famous and extraordinary battles in naval history, when Sir Richard Grenville fought with just one galleon, the Revenge, against an armada of fifty-three Spanish ships in the waters of the Azores." "Three years after playing her part in the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the Revenge was drawn into a suicidal encounter with the Spanish fleet whilst hunting treasure in the Azores. Despite her inevitable defeat and surrender after an epic and frenzied twelve-hour battle, the Revenge's last stand passed into history as a paragon of English maritime heroism, immortalised by Sir Walter Raleigh and Alfred, Lord Tennyson."--BOOK JACKET.The story of the most famous sea battle in English nautical history, in which the Revenge was drawn into a suicidal encounter with the entire Spanish fleet while hunting treasure in the Azores. Despite her inevitable defeat after a frenzied 12-hour battle, the Revenge 's stand passed into history as a paragon of maritime heroism, immortalized by both Sir Walter Raleigh and Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Peter Earle is a world-renowned naval historian and author of the Pirate Wars.
About the Author
Peter Earle is Emeritus Reader in Economic History at the University of London. He has written widely on many subjects and his books include A City Full of People, The Making of the Middle Class (Published in the US by University of California Press), The World of Defoe and Monmouth's Rebels.