Author: Jonathan D. Oates
Publisher: Helion
ISBN: 9781913336554
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A study of the sieges of eight fortresses in Scotland and England during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745-1746.
The Sieges of The '45
Author: Jonathan D. Oates
Publisher: Helion
ISBN: 9781913336554
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A study of the sieges of eight fortresses in Scotland and England during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745-1746.
Publisher: Helion
ISBN: 9781913336554
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A study of the sieges of eight fortresses in Scotland and England during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745-1746.
The Sieges of The '45
Author: Jonathan D. Oates
Publisher: Helion
ISBN: 9781913336554
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A study of the sieges of eight fortresses in Scotland and England during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745-1746.
Publisher: Helion
ISBN: 9781913336554
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A study of the sieges of eight fortresses in Scotland and England during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745-1746.
The Lilies and the Thistle
Author: Andrew Bamford
Publisher: From Reason to Revolution
ISBN: 9781911628170
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Details the composition, uniforms, and service of the French troops sent to Scotland to support the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Publisher: From Reason to Revolution
ISBN: 9781911628170
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Details the composition, uniforms, and service of the French troops sent to Scotland to support the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Siege
Author: Russ Schneider
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN: 0345475852
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Chilling and authentic historical novel.
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN: 0345475852
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Chilling and authentic historical novel.
Empires of the Sea
Author: Roger Crowley
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812977645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic clash between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world. In Empires of the Sea, acclaimed historian Roger Crowley has written a thrilling account of this brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam for the soul of Europe, a fast-paced tale of spiraling intensity that ranges from Istanbul to the Gates of Gibraltar. Crowley conjures up a wild cast of pirates, crusaders, and religious warriors struggling for supremacy and survival in a tale of slavery and galley warfare, desperate bravery and utter brutality. Empires of the Sea is a story of extraordinary color and incident, and provides a crucial context for our own clash of civilizations.
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812977645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic clash between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world. In Empires of the Sea, acclaimed historian Roger Crowley has written a thrilling account of this brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam for the soul of Europe, a fast-paced tale of spiraling intensity that ranges from Istanbul to the Gates of Gibraltar. Crowley conjures up a wild cast of pirates, crusaders, and religious warriors struggling for supremacy and survival in a tale of slavery and galley warfare, desperate bravery and utter brutality. Empires of the Sea is a story of extraordinary color and incident, and provides a crucial context for our own clash of civilizations.
John Hunyadi and the Late Crusade
Author: Andrei Pogăciaș
Publisher: Retinue to Regiment
ISBN: 9781913336424
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The book is about John Hunyadi, a Hungarian warlord of Wallachian origin, and his campaigns against the Ottomans.
Publisher: Retinue to Regiment
ISBN: 9781913336424
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The book is about John Hunyadi, a Hungarian warlord of Wallachian origin, and his campaigns against the Ottomans.
The Siege of Loyalty House
Author: Jessie Childs
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639363114
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
An immersive and electrifying account of a defining episode in the English Civil War that illuminates the human experience—and human cost—of this devastating war. It was a time of puritans and populism, witch hunts and civil war. Between 1643 and 1645, Basing House in Hampshire, England, was besieged three times. To the parliamentary Roundheads, the house symbolized everything that was wrong with England: it was the largest private residence in the country, a bastion of royalism and excess. Its owner, the Marquess of Winchester, reportedly had the motto Love loyalty etched into the windows. Winchester refused all terms of surrender. When he discovered his brother plotting to betray the house, he forced him to hang his accomplices. When the garrison divided along religious lines, Winchester expelled all the Protestants. As royalist strongholds crumbled around the country, the Winchesters—and Basing House—stood firm. The famed architect Inigo Jones designed fortifications; gamekeepers became snipers; and the women hurled bricks at the besiegers. 'Loyalty House', as it was known, became the king's principal garrison. But the drum of the parliamentary army beat ever louder—and closer—and in October 1645, Oliver Cromwell rolled in the heavy guns. The Siege of Loyalty House tells the story of these dramatic events, not only recounting the sallies and skirmishes, but the experiences of the men, women, and children caught in the crossfire. What was it like to be under siege, lying in bed with shells crashing through the window? What was it like to conduct a siege, sleeping on frosty fields, receiving news of sick children at home from desperate wives? Ultimately, the story of Basing House is the story of England in the 1640s: a tale of brother against brother, of women on the frontline, of radicalism, iconoclasm, and fanaticism. It is a tale of destruction and derring-do, courage and cowardice, and a house on fire—the true end of an era.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639363114
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
An immersive and electrifying account of a defining episode in the English Civil War that illuminates the human experience—and human cost—of this devastating war. It was a time of puritans and populism, witch hunts and civil war. Between 1643 and 1645, Basing House in Hampshire, England, was besieged three times. To the parliamentary Roundheads, the house symbolized everything that was wrong with England: it was the largest private residence in the country, a bastion of royalism and excess. Its owner, the Marquess of Winchester, reportedly had the motto Love loyalty etched into the windows. Winchester refused all terms of surrender. When he discovered his brother plotting to betray the house, he forced him to hang his accomplices. When the garrison divided along religious lines, Winchester expelled all the Protestants. As royalist strongholds crumbled around the country, the Winchesters—and Basing House—stood firm. The famed architect Inigo Jones designed fortifications; gamekeepers became snipers; and the women hurled bricks at the besiegers. 'Loyalty House', as it was known, became the king's principal garrison. But the drum of the parliamentary army beat ever louder—and closer—and in October 1645, Oliver Cromwell rolled in the heavy guns. The Siege of Loyalty House tells the story of these dramatic events, not only recounting the sallies and skirmishes, but the experiences of the men, women, and children caught in the crossfire. What was it like to be under siege, lying in bed with shells crashing through the window? What was it like to conduct a siege, sleeping on frosty fields, receiving news of sick children at home from desperate wives? Ultimately, the story of Basing House is the story of England in the 1640s: a tale of brother against brother, of women on the frontline, of radicalism, iconoclasm, and fanaticism. It is a tale of destruction and derring-do, courage and cowardice, and a house on fire—the true end of an era.
History of the 45th
Author: Philip Hugh Dalbiac
Publisher: London : Swan Sonnenschein
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher: London : Swan Sonnenschein
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Burton; Or, The Sieges
Author: Joseph Holt Ingraham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Siege
Author: Helen Dunmore
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802139580
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Called "elegantly, starkly beautiful" by "The New York Times Book Review, The Siege" is Dunmore's masterpiece. Her canvas is monumental--the Nazi's 1941 winter siege on Leningrad that killed 600,000--but her focus is heartrendingly intimate.
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802139580
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Called "elegantly, starkly beautiful" by "The New York Times Book Review, The Siege" is Dunmore's masterpiece. Her canvas is monumental--the Nazi's 1941 winter siege on Leningrad that killed 600,000--but her focus is heartrendingly intimate.