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

6 reviews
Neil Hanson

Knopf, 2005

Hanson's treatment of the Armada is a good read
This is the best and most readable single-volume treatment of the English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 I have read. Neil Hanson's text is breezy but comprehensive, not simply covering the battles but setting the stage of European politics, religion, and military technology, particularly the revolution in English shipbuilding and gunnery. The"Armada Year" of 1588 is one of those ...

The Custom of the Sea

13 reviews
Neil Hanson

Wiley, 2000

A Great Adventure Read
I found this to be an extremely well written account of a compelling story. A difficult book to put down. If you enjoy adventure reading you will love this book.

Unknown Soldiers: The Story of the Missing of the First World War

20 reviews
Neil Hanson

Knopf, 2006

Fantastic reading
This is a fascinating book. It is by turns sad, gross, uplifting, and a constant reminder of what can go wrong. While some may find the details a bit overwhelming, they are part of the whole, and for me, could not be left aside. The author crafted a memorial to this era, and to this war.

Walking Through Eden

1 review
Neil C. Hanson

Pavilion Books, 1990

pleasant stroll
Eden is the trough that divides the Lake District from the north Pennines, and is named for its river. Hanson took a year to cover the less than 100 miles of his route, which must be a record for slowness. With weeks or maybe months elapsing between each leg, the continuity suffers, but, having run a pub in the high north Pennines, he has plenty of inside knowledge to share, of local history, ...

Confident Hope of A Miracle

1 review
Neil Hanson

CORGI BOOKS (TWLD), 2004

Galleons and Arquebuses - Oh My!
On the one hand, this book is a meticulous reconstruction of a now almost apocryphal event: the Defeat of the Spanish Aramada. On the other hand, it is a finely told story of suspense and adventure. And finally, it is a superb tale of the days when Spain was the Master of the World, England was hanging on by its fingernails, and wooden ships were not yet the miracles of technology that they later ...

Dreadful Judgement

2 reviews
Neil Hanson

CORGI BOOKS (TWLD), 2002

A glimpse into the 1600s...
The Great Fire of London was a catastrophic event, destroying much of London in 1666, and is the basis of Hanson's excellent book. He sets the scene superbly, beginning by describing the life and mood of London in 1666 in a vivid manner. By bringing to life some of the characters of the time, such as the baker Thomas Farriner, in whose premises the fire began, and King Charles II, the story is ...

Goldfinder

9 reviews

Wiley, 1997

One of the best marine Archology books I've read
I wish I found the Gold. Clive Cussler was right,this was a great Marine Archology book. It was intresting,how the diver started his carere.I found the History of the Edinburgh very intresteding.One of the best marine Archology books I ever read.

The Great Fire of London: In That Apocalyptic Year 1666

9 reviews
Neil Dreadful Judgement Hanson

John Wiley & Sons, 2002

A Nice Popular History
This is a history for the nonhistorian. That is not meant as a criticism. It is meant as a selling point. There are not thousands of footnotes, but do you really read those things? This book should interest historians, people who travel frequently to London and the general reading public who are just curious. It takes us back into the world where death from plague was a daily threat and ...