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Battle of the Boyne 1690 - The Irish Campaign for the English Crown

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Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - 1500 - 1700 A.D.

Last Stocked on 7/23/2022

Product Info

Title
Battle of the Boyne 1690 - The Irish Campaign for the English Crown
Publisher
Category
Author
Michael McNally
Publish Year
2005
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147397428
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM160
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM160

Description

In April 1685, James II ascended the English throne. An overt Catholic, James proved unpopular with his Protestant subjects, and a group of nobles invited the Dutch prince William of Orange to take the throne in the Glorious Revolution of 1688; James II fled to France. James returned in 1689, a French fleet landing him at Kinsale in Ireland. On 14 June 1690, William led an army to Ireland and came face-to-face with the Jacobites along the banks of the Boyne near Drogheda. This book describes the events that led to the momentous battle on 1 July that would decide the fate of the crown of England.