Consolidating Conquest: Ireland 1603-1727

Accessible account of a crucial period in Irish history, including such iconic events as the Ulster plantations, the massacres of Drogheda and Wexford and the Battle of the Boyne.

 

§         Covers a crucial period for any understanding of the Troubles and of contemporary Ireland

 

§         Written in a lively, attractive and crisp style

 

§         Links events in Ireland to the other two Stuart kingdoms and to changes in the balance of power in England before and after the Civil War. 

 

§         Author combines an unrivalled understanding of seventeenth century warfare with deep knowledge of Gaelic society in transition.