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Darwin's Armada, by Iain McCalman (Norton; $29.95).

Two heavyweight contenders in this week's nonfiction Briefly Noted: "Darwin's Armada," by Iain McCalman, and "The Inheritance of Rome," by Chris Wickham.

By Andrea Walker August 31, 2009 Two heavyweight contenders in this week's nonfiction Briefly Noted: "Darwin's Armada," by Iain McCalman, and "The Inheritance of Rome," by Chris Wickham.

America has no tales of Amazons or of Atalanta; our national narrative does not chronicle the defeat of an armada by a virgin queen nor a teenage Joan leading her army into battle.

Inspirations Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott Lays of Ancient Rome; History of England by Thomas Macaulay Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey Religion and the Decline of Magic by Keith Thomas Defeat of the Spanish Armada by Garrett Mattingley.

Rumors of his possible offer also highlight what some are calling a new corporate armada by Spanish firms, seeking to expand beyond their borders.

The Persian empire, originating in present-day Iran, acquired its vast armadas by conquering maritime powers, including Asiatic Greeks, Phoenicians, Egyptians and islanders.

La Vara is the newest vessel in the small and nimble Spanish armada commanded by Alex Raij and her husband and co-chef, Eder Montero.

Six months ago, when a formidable American armada, supported by Britain, was preparing to bomb and shell a defiant Iraq, Kofi Annan, the UN's secretary-general, defused the immediate crisis.

The preview for Round 2 arrives in its final scene, in which a British armada commanded by Rochefort (Mads Mikkelsen), one of several villains, approaches France, and one character seems to rise from the dead.

Philip, by 1588, had a messianic vision of his place in the Counter-Reformation, and no one could gainsay him.Mr McDermott concludes that England's national identity was shaped more by the Armada campaign than by an indigenous Protestant culture.