Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 1333574304 ISBN 13: 9781333574307
Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book, written in the early 1600s, details the authors firsthand experience of the siege of Kinsale, a coastal town in Ireland, fought in 1601 and 1602 between the English and Spanish armies during the Nine Years' War. The author, who served as an officer in the English army, provides a gripping account of the conflict which details the numerous attempts made by the English to capture the town from the Spanish, as well as several skirmishes between the two armies before the siege. Beyond its historical value the book offers insights into the challenges faced by commanders during the era, the tactics and strategies employed in that period and the ways in which the common foot soldier survived in the midst of the conflict. Covering the Siege from start to finish the book offers a rare firsthand glimpse into the realities of a protracted siege more than four hundred years ago. Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. print-on-demand item.
Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241694753 ISBN 13: 9781241694753
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Condition: New.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1896 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 410 Volume 2 Language: English.
Published by Legare Street Press 2021-09-09, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014805627 ISBN 13: 9781014805621
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: New.
Published by Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10: 1016985835 ISBN 13: 9781016985833
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
Condition: New.
Published by London, Downey & Co. Limited., 1896
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
Limited Edition: No.252 of only five hundred copies printed. Two Volumes (complete set). Octavo. Volume I: Frontispiece - Portrait of Sir George Carew, XXII, 302 pages with 14 illustrations (maps etc.) / Volume II - Volume II: Frontispiece - Portrait of Donnell O'Sulevan Beare [O'Sullivan Bere], XI, 357 pages with 8 illustrations (maps etc.). Original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Both Volumes in protective collector's mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Both bindings firm and all illustrations in excellent condition. Volume I includes: Portrait of Sir George Carew / A Map of Munster (Large Folding Map) / Earl of Ormond / Rory Ogne / Map of the Earl of Ormond taken prisoner / Map of Youghal / Map of Cahir Castle / Map of Askeaton Castle / Map of Glin Castle / Map of Carrickfoyle Castle / Map of Castle Mayne / Map of Limerick Castle / Map of Limerick / Map of the Siege of Kinsale / Volume II includes: Donnell O'Sulevan Beare [sic] [Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare, Prince of Beare, 1st Count of Berehaven], Map of the Kingdom of Ireland divided into four provinces / Map of Castleny Park / Map of the Fort of Haulbowlin / Map of Cork / Map of the Army on the Beare Country [Beara] / Map of the Siege of Dunboy / Map of Muskerry / Turlough Lynagh // Pacata Hibernia is of very great value, and is not unfamiliar to earnest students of Irish history. It deals entirely with the province of Munster, and embraces a period of three years. It commences with the joint entrance of Lord Monntjoy upon the Viceroyalty of Ireland and Sir George Carew upon the Presidency of Munster in 1600, and ends with the suppression in 1603 of the Munster insurrection, which was caused by the landing of the Spaniards at Kinsale. "But its atmosphere," as its latest editor says, "unlike that of any modern book treating of the times, is the atmosphere of the age ; in every sentence we breathe the air of the six- teenth century ; we are in the presence of actualities, face to face with real and actual men, can almost hear them speak, and feel around us the play of the passions and the working of ideas and purposes so characteristic of that age, so foreign to our own. Such an experience must bring enlightenment. Pacata Hibernia, once well read, is certain to produce a lasting effect upon the mind of the reader. The book deals with the stormy conclusion of a stormy century, the lurid sunset of one of the wildest epochs in our history." Besides, the recent revelations of the State Papers give a fresh importance to such old histories as this. Mr. Standish O'Grady brings to the editing of the narrative knowledge based on these Papers and on other researches. The results of his work are to be found in very full and elucidatory notes and in a preface, which, although here and there floridly eloquent, is an important contribution to Irish history. Mr. O'Grady is too confident, perhaps, that Thomas Stafford, who gave himself forth as but the editor of Pacata Hibernia, was also its author. (Source: Article in "The Spectator", 22 May, 1897, page 20) Sprache: english.