Hell or Some Worse Place: Kinsale 1601

Hell or Some Worse Place: Kinsale 1601
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Publisher : The O'Brien Press Ltd
Total Pages : 518
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ISBN-10 : 9781788490627
ISBN-13 : 1788490622
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Book Synopsis Hell or Some Worse Place: Kinsale 1601 by : Des Ekin

Download or read book Hell or Some Worse Place: Kinsale 1601 written by Des Ekin and published by The O'Brien Press Ltd. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kinsale, Ireland: Christmas Eve, 1601 As thunder crashes and lightning rakes the sky, three very different commanders line up for a battle that will decide the fate of a nation. General Juan del Águila has been sprung from a prison cell to command the last great Spanish Armada. Its mission: to seize a bridgehead in Queen Elizabeth's territory and hold it. Facing him is Charles Blount, a brilliant English strategist whose career is also under a cloud. His affair with a married woman edged him into a treasonous conspiracy – and brought him to within a hair's breadth of 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. Tomorrow they will be either heroes – or has-beens. These colourful commanders come alive in this true-life story of courage and endurance, of bitterness and betrayal, and of intrigue at the highest levels in the courts of England and Spain. Praise for The Stolen Village '...a harrowing tale that sheds light on the little-known trade in white slaves ... a fascinating exploration of a forgotten chapter of British and European history' Giles Milton - BBC History Magazine


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