Best Spanish Armada
"Pavane" is a 1968 science fiction and alternate history novel by British author Keith Roberts, structured as a fix-up of several previously published short stories. The book is set in an alternate 20th-century England where Queen Elizabeth I was assassinated in 1588, leading to a successful Spanish...
Ruled Britannia is a 2002 alternate-history novel by Harry Turtledove set in an England conquered by Spain after a successful Spanish Armada. In the occupied country, William Shakespeare becomes entangled in competing theatrical and political demands, including plans for a play that could encourage...
Philip II was king of Spain from 1556 to 1598 and a member of the Habsburg dynasty. During his reign, Spain ruled an extensive global empire across the sixteenth century. His foreign policy included the conflict with England that culminated in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, making his rei...
