In 1591, off Flores in the Azores, Sir Richard Grenville’s galleon Revenge was cut off from the English squadron and fought a great Spanish fleet through a day and a night. His cousin Walter Raleigh wrote this report soon afterwards, defending English honour against Spanish claims, and this edition adds an introduction by Henry Newbolt.
The Elizabethan account behind Tennyson’s ballad The Revenge, still stirring after four centuries. Download the free EPUB.