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Myth or fact?
“God blew and they were scattered.”
So the weather sank the Spanish Armada in 1588? Not so fast.
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Only part of the story. “Storms punished a fleet that was already strategically defeated and physically compromised.”
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Myths, put to the test.
Famous legends set against what the sources actually say, including what the movies invented.
The turning points.
The battles, crossings and decisions where history could have gone another way.
The people behind the events.
Rulers, generals, rebels and saints, and why they did what they did.
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Photo: “Colosseum, Rome” by Deensel, licensed under CC BY 2.0, modified (cropped, sky and colour regraded). Source: Flickr.