In Part III of our Series on the Spanish Armada, it's showtime! We cover the engagements at Portland Bill, the Isle of Wight, and Gravelines. We discuss flyboats, fireships, and timebombs. We finally criticize our boy Medina Sidonia. This episode really has it all.

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Howarth, David. The Voyage of the Armada. Penguin, 1982.

Martin, Colin and Geoffrey Parker. The Spanish Armada. Norton, 1988.

Mattingly, Garrett. The Armada. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Parker, Geoffrey. The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road: 1567- 1659 2nd Edition. Cambridge, 2004.

Thompson, I. A. A. “The Appointment of The Duke of Medina Sidonia to the Command of the Spanish Armada.” The Historical Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, 1969, pp. 197 - 216.

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