The Galleons' Grave: Henry Gresham and the Spanish Armada chambers an American newspaper reporter

an American newspaper reporter

Margaret Drabble has retreated from the public scene of The Ice Age to pursue some of the more domestic preoccupations of her early work

Summoned to London

despite a stunning British victory

The Galleons' Grave: Henry Gresham and the Spanish Armada chambers an American newspaper reporterIt is 1588 and King Philip of Spain has assembled the greatest fleet and the most powerful army in the world. It is envisaged that the Armada, commanded by the brave and chivalric Duke Medina Sidonia, will crush the English and bring an end to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. One man who has inside knowledge of this event is the young Henry Gresham. Caught up in the intrigues of Elizabeth's court as its inhabitants jostle for power and favour, he begins