Captain Cuellar's Adventures in Connaught & Ulster A.D. 1588 (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Spanish Armada Shipwreck Survivor's Journey Through Gaelic IrelandBy Hugh Allingham, Francisco de active 16th century Cuellar
Length3h 1m
About this audiobook
Captain Cuellar's Adventures in Connaught & Ulster A.D. 1588 gathers a vivid early modern testimony around shipwreck, survival, and cross-cultural encounter in the wake of the Spanish Armada. Combining martial memoir, providential adventure, ethnographic observation, and antiquarian framing, the volume situates one fugitive captain's ordeal within the wider literary context of travel narrative, Tudor conquest, and Gaelic Ireland's contested borderlands. Francisco de Cuellar, a Spanish officer cast ashore after the Armada disasters, brings to the narrative the urgency of an eyewitness caught between imperial ambition and local hospitality, violence, and suspicion. Hugh Allingham's editorial mediation places that voice in historical and regional perspective, aligning the work with nineteenth-century antiquarian recovery and the documentary study of Ireland's sixteenth-century conflicts. Together, these layers illuminate the entangled histories of Spain, England, and Ireland. This volume is recommended for readers interested in Armada history, Irish studies, early modern warfare, and the literature of survival. It offers a rare opportunity to encounter military catastrophe through personal testimony while also considering how later scholarship preserves and interprets such accounts. Its value lies in the dialogue it fosters between lived experience, historical memory, and literary form.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (14)
Includes Goodreads
GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length3 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 30, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Captain Cuellar's Adventures in Connaught & Ulster A.D. 1588 (Annotated)
2Captain Cuellar's Adventures in Connaught & Ulster A.D. 1588
3PART I.
4Footnote
5Translation of CAPTAIN CUELLAR'S Narrative of the Spanish Armada.
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6Memorable Quotes
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