Author: Walsh, William Thomas
Title: Philip II
Description: London/New York, Sheed & Ward, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. 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.) .

Keywords: Biography / Autobiography, King of Spain, Philip II ; Philip II, King of Spain ; ;


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