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General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army (Hardcover)
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General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army (Hardcover)
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General Percy Kirke (c. 1647-91) is remembered in Somerset as a
cruel, vicious thug who deluged the region in blood after the
Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685. He is equally notorious in Northern
Ireland. Appointed to command the expedition to raise the Siege of
Londonderry in 1689, his assumed treachery nearly resulted in the
city's fall and he was made to look ridiculous when the blockade
was eventually lifted by a few sailors in a rowing boat. Yet Kirke
was closely involved in some of the most important events in
British and Irish history. He served as the last governor of the
colony of Tangier; played a central role in facilitating the
Glorious Revolution of 1688; and fought in the majority of the
principal actions and campaigns undertaken by the newly-formed
standing armies in England, Ireland and Scotland, especially the
Battle of the Boyne and the first Siege of Limerick in 1689. With
the aid of his own earlier work in the field, additional primary
sources and a recently-rediscovered letter book, John Childs looks
beyond the fictionalisation of Kirke, most notably by R. D.
Blackmore in Lorna Doone, to investigate the historical reality of
his career, character, professional competence, politics and
religion. As well as offering fresh, detailed narratives of such
episodes as Monmouth's Rebellion, the conspiracies in 1688 and the
Siege of Londonderry, this pioneering biography also presents
insights into contemporary military personnel, patronage, cliques
and procedures.
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