The Siege of Derry
Published in October 1988
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-19-285182-6 (ISBN)
Description
An attempt to provide a comprehensive account of the Siege of Derry, examining the historical background. The author draws on contemporary accounts, recreating the fluctuating moods of the defenders, the endless quarrelling of the leaders and the privations which left ten thousand dead. The author freely uses the doggerel verse which commemorates the siege to illustrate both the facts and the myths. Sir Patrick Macrory is an historian and the author of "Kabul Catastrophe".
More details
Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
maps, note on sources, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 130 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-285182-6 (9780192851826)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Hibernia pacata est; a fitt place to make our maine plantation; their way of living is after a very odd sort; not a flash but a solid and settled pursuit; then London's prayse shoulde sounde; barbarous murthers and horrid massacres; ho, by my soul, it is a Talbot!; a few resolute apprentice boys determined for us; all the country came towards Derry; most people were dissatisfied with Lundy; to Derry! to Derry!; the end of all traitors; the governors all matters soon dispose; here is your King!; a strict abhorrence of a Popish reign; we shall have to wait on hunger; yet all in vain, Kirke would not venture up; they will not entertain the least thought of surrend'ring; unless they want provisions, they will never surrender; the Lord has preserved this city from the enemy; his fame shall be more durable than rock; the danger and folly of being public spirited.