Автор: John Childs Название: General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army ISBN: 1474255140 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474255141 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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General Percy Kirke (c. 1647-91) is remembered in Somerset as a cruel, vicious thug who deluged the region in blood after the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685. He is equally notorious in Northern Ireland. Appointed to command the expedition to raise the Siege of Londonderry in 1689, his assumed treachery nearly resulted in the city's fall and he was made to look ridiculous when the blockade was eventually lifted by a few sailors in a rowing boat. Yet Kirke was closely involved in some of the most important events in British and Irish history. He served as the last governor of the colony of Tangier; played a central role in facilitating the Glorious Revolution of 1688; and fought in the majority of the principal actions and campaigns undertaken by the newly-formed standing armies in England, Ireland and Scotland, especially the Battle of the Boyne and the first Siege of Limerick in 1689.
With the aid of his own earlier work in the field, additional primary sources and a recently-rediscovered letter book, John Childs looks beyond the fictionalisation of Kirke, most notably by R. D. Blackmore in Lorna Doone, to investigate the historical reality of his career, character, professional competence, politics and religion. As well as offering fresh, detailed narratives of such episodes as Monmouth's Rebellion, the conspiracies in 1688 and the Siege of Londonderry, this pioneering biography also presents insights into contemporary military personnel, patronage, cliques and procedures.
Автор: Paulding James Kirke Название: The New Mirror for Travellers: And Guide to the Springs. ISBN: 127577248X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275772489 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3966.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Paulding James Kirke Название: Slavery in the United States. ISBN: 1275737315 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275737310 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4242.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Paulding James Kirke Название: The Old Continental, Or, the Price of Liberty. Volume 1 of 2 ISBN: 1275725368 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275725362 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3276.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Paulding James Kirke Название: The Dutchman`s Fireside: A Tale. Volume 2 of 2 ISBN: 1275729355 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275729353 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3138.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Paulding James Kirke Название: The Dutchman`s Fireside: A Tale. Volume 1 of 2 ISBN: 1275726518 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275726512 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3414.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Paulding James Kirke Название: The Backwoodsman: A Poem. ISBN: 1275726062 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275726062 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3276.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Paulding James Kirke Название: The Merry Tales of the Three Wise Men of Gotham. ISBN: 1275731082 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275731080 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4242.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.