Ireland: Christmas Eve, 1601. Sprung from a prison cell to command the last great Spanish armada, General Juan del Águila is preparing to seize a bridgehead in Queen Elizabeth's England and hold it. Facing him is Charles Blount, a brilliant but disgraced English strategist who nearly faced the gallows. Meanwhile, Irish insurgent Hugh O'Neill knows that this is his final chance to drive the English out of Ireland. For each man, this is the last throw of the dice, and in this "entertaining, chatty, and superbly researched" account (Library Journal), Des Ekin recounts the twists and turns of this epic clash.