IMPRUDENT KING

Philip II is not only the most famous king in Spanish history, but one of the most famous monarchs in English history: the man who m arried Mary Tudor and later launched the Spanish Armada against her sister Elizabeth I. This compelling biography of the most powerf ul European monarch of his day begins with his conception (1526) and ends with his ascent to Paradise (1603), two occurrences surpri singly well documented by contemporaries. Eminent historian Geoffrey Parker draws on four decades of research on Philip as well as a recent,...[Read more]