Walsh's greatest book--about Europe's most powerful king ever. But more, it is a panorama of the entire 16th century. Covers the birth of Protestantism and the secret efforts to undermine Catholic unity, the Huguenot wars in France, the Sack of Rome, Great Siege, Battle of Lepanto, Spanish Armada, Council of Trent, etc.; and, Henry VIII, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, St. Pius V, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Ignatius of Loyola, etc. Reads fast; never bogs down. Beautiful hardbound gift edition! Individually shrink-wrapped for ...
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Walsh's greatest book--about Europe's most powerful king ever. But more, it is a panorama of the entire 16th century. Covers the birth of Protestantism and the secret efforts to undermine Catholic unity, the Huguenot wars in France, the Sack of Rome, Great Siege, Battle of Lepanto, Spanish Armada, Council of Trent, etc.; and, Henry VIII, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, St. Pius V, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Ignatius of Loyola, etc. Reads fast; never bogs down. Beautiful hardbound gift edition! Individually shrink-wrapped for protection. 770 pgs, HB
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Add this copy of Philip II to cart. $57.75, good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1937 by Sheed & Ward.
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Good (Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are lightly toned with some smudging; inner hinges are cracked; interior is clean with some light toning. ) Pink cloth over boards with gilt lettering and illustration; xvi, 1 leaf, 770 pp.; frontispiece; richly illustrated. Contents include: Philip is born and Rome is sacked--The childhood of Philip--Henry the Eighth's divorce--Philip's first marriage--Philip as regent of Spain--Philip and Maximilian--Philip looks toward England--Philip's second marriage--Philip, Mary and Elizabeth--Philip wars against the pope--England at the death of Mary Tudor--William Cecil and his friends--The Spanish Inquisition is revived--Philip's third marriage--Catherine de' Medici--Freemasonry in the sixteenth century--Illness of Don Carlos--Trouble in the low countries--Philip's Catholic outlook--Protestant uprising in Flanders--Don Carlos--problem child--How did Don Carlos die? --The subtle diplomacy of Philip--The Turkish menace--The battle of Lepanto--St. Bartholomew's eve--Don Juan of Austria--The "Spanish fury" at Antwerp--Destruction of Don Juan of Austria--The Spanish triumph in Flanders--The invincible armada--The European scene--Death at its most terrible.
Add this copy of Philip II to cart. $85.00, good condition, Sold by Kubik Fine Books Ltd rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dayton, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by TAN Books and Publishers, Inc.
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Good. 770p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a good dustjacket. Binding is slightly cockeyed; page block extends a bit below the bottom edges of the cover. However, the binding is still tight. Owner's signature on front endpaper; otherwise clean. The jacket has worn edges, including small tears in the middle of the spine and at the bottom of the rear flap fold. Otherwise essentially intact. A biography of King Philip II of Spain. This is a reprint of the 1937 edition.
Add this copy of Philip II: (1527-1598) to cart. $89.76, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by TAN Books.
Add this copy of Philip II: (1527-1598) to cart. $155.28, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by TAN Books.
