1989, ISBN: 0862812127

[EAN: 9780862812126], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Belfast : Appletree, 1989, 1969], WHILE WARFARE HAS BEEN A CHARACTERISTIC OF MUCH IRISH HISTORY, BATTLES IS THE FIRST BOOK TO HAVE POR… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780862812126], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Belfast : Appletree, 1989, 1969], WHILE WARFARE HAS BEEN A CHARACTERISTIC OF MUCH IRISH HISTORY, BATTLES IS THE FIRST BOOK TO HAVE PORTRAYED MAJOR WARS IN DETAIL. ILLUSTRATED FULL COLOUR AND WITH PLANS EACH BATTLEFIELD, IT PRESENTS MILITARY HISTORY IRELAND FORM CONNECTED ACCOUNTS BATTLES, FROM CLONTARF 1014 ARKLOW 1798. AMONG SUBJECTS DISCUSSED ARE LEADERSHIP OUTSTANDING FIGURES SUCH AS HUGH OWEN ROE O'NEILL PATRICK SARSFIELD, CONTINUANCE DOWN CENTURIES TWO KINDS WARFARE, FORMAL TYPE ALSO DISTINCTIVELY COUNTRYSIDE WHICH FORESHADOWED GUERRILLA TACTICS MORE RECENT TIMES. WILL APPEAL NOT ONLY STUDENTS BUT GENERAL READER TOURIST AN EYE FOR PLACES WHERE DRAMA WAS SHAPED. CLONTARF, -- DUBLIN, 1171 DYSERT O'DEA, 1318 KNOCKDOE, 1504 FARSETMORE, 1567 CLONTIBRET, 1595 YELLOW FORD, 1508 MOYRY PASS, 1600 KINSALE, 1601 BENBURB, 1646 RATHMINES, 1649 BOYNE, 1690 AUGHRIM, 1691 ARKLOW, 1798 RE-ENACTORS REENACTORS REINACTMENT ARTILLERY ANTRIM ATHLONE BAGENAL BATTLE AXES WEAPONS WEAPONRY BYRNE DE BURGHS BLACKWATER RIVER BRITTANY CONNACHT KILKENNY CONFEDERATION DARTS JAVELINS DANES DERRY DOCWRA DRAGOONS DONEGAL COOLGREANY DUNGANNON DUNDALK ELIZABETH I QUEEN FRANCE FLAS FERMANAGH GALWAY GUNPOWDER AMMUNITION JAMES KING HEBRIDES GUNS LEINSTER LIFFEY LOUIS XIV LUTTRELL MEATH MONAGHAN COUNTY NWRY NORSE RED O'DONNELL ORMOND PALE PIKES RINUCCINI SCOTLAND SPANIARDS SWORDS SHANNON SARSFIELD RUVIGNY SJIELDS BUCKLERS THOMOND WOLFE TONE TUBBERNEERING TYRONE ULSTER WATERFORD WEXFORD YEOMANRY TIR CONAILL TIRCONNELL, Jacket, 326 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0862812127; 9780862812126 ; Dewey: 941.5 ; OCLC: 18628355 ; Originally published: Harlow : Longmans, 1969 ; color pictorial boards in like-coored dustjacket ; Contents : Clontarf, 1014 -- Dublin, 1171 -- Dysert O'Dea, 1318 -- Knockdoe, 1504 -- Farsetmore, 1567 -- Clontibret, 1595 -- The Yellow Ford, 1508 -- Moyry Pass, 1600 -- Kinsale, 1601 -- Benburb, 1646 -- Rathmines, 1649 -- The Boyne, 1690 -- Aughrim, 1691 -- Arklow, 1798 -- Epilogue ; "While warfare has been a characteristic of much of Irish history, Irish Battles is the first book to have portrayed the major Irish wars in detail. Illustrated in full colour and with plans of each battlefield, it presents a military history of Ireland in the form of connected accounts of the major Irish battles, from Clontarf in 1014 to Arklow in 1798. Among the subjects discussed are the leadership of outstanding military figures such as Hugh and Owen Roe O'Neill and Patrick Sarsfield, and the continuance down the centuries of two kinds of warfare, the formal type and also the distinctively Irish warfare of the countryside which foreshadowed the guerrilla tactics of more recent times. The book will appeal not only to students of history, but also to the general reader and to the tourist with an eye for places where the drama of history was shaped. "--Read Ireland Book Reviews ; FINE/FINE, Books<

1989, ISBN: 9780862812126

Belfast : Appletree, 1989, 1969, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 326 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0862812127; 9780862812126 ; Dewey: 941.5 ; OCLC: 18628355 ; Or… Mehr…

Belfast : Appletree, 1989, 1969, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 326 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0862812127; 9780862812126 ; Dewey: 941.5 ; OCLC: 18628355 ; Originally published: Harlow : Longmans, 1969 ; color pictorial boards in like-coored dustjacket ; Contents : Clontarf, 1014 -- Dublin, 1171 -- Dysert O'Dea, 1318 -- Knockdoe, 1504 -- Farsetmore, 1567 -- Clontibret, 1595 -- The Yellow Ford, 1508 -- Moyry Pass, 1600 -- Kinsale, 1601 -- Benburb, 1646 -- Rathmines, 1649 -- The Boyne, 1690 -- Aughrim, 1691 -- Arklow, 1798 -- Epilogue ; "While warfare has been a characteristic of much of Irish history, Irish Battles is the first book to have portrayed the major Irish wars in detail. Illustrated in full colour and with plans of each battlefield, it presents a military history of Ireland in the form of connected accounts of the major Irish battles, from Clontarf in 1014 to Arklow in 1798. Among the subjects discussed are the leadership of outstanding military figures such as Hugh and Owen Roe O'Neill and Patrick Sarsfield, and the continuance down the centuries of two kinds of warfare, the formal type and also the distinctively Irish warfare of the countryside which foreshadowed the guerrilla tactics of more recent times. The book will appeal not only to students of history, but also to the general reader and to the tourist with an eye for places where the drama of history was shaped. "--Read Ireland Book Reviews ; FINE/FINE ., Belfast : Appletree, 1989, 1969, 1989, 5<