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St. Ruth's Fatal Gamble

Author : Michael McNally
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913336066
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book St. Ruth's Fatal Gamble written by Michael McNally and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1685, James, Duke of York, ascended to the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland. As the first catholic monarch in 150 years many believed that his reign would be short and that he would be succeeded by his eldest daughter Mary, a protestant, who was married to her cousin William, Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of the United Dutch Provinces.James' close ties to King Louis XIV of France served to fuel the fires of discontent, and when a male heir was born in June 1688 a number of nobles and clergymen, fearing a backlash of Catholic absolutism, invited William of Orange to take the throne.##William duly invaded, and after a desultory campaign, James fled the country for refuge in France, it being claimed that his flight constituted a legal abdication but whilst William sought to consolidate his position in England and Scotland, the Earl of Tyrconnell - James' viceroy in Ireland - began to prepare for his master's restoration.Actively supported by King Louis XIV who viewed any military activity in Ireland as a useful diversion to keep his enemies occupied, James' supporters enjoyed early success, but defeats at Newtownbutler, Derry and - above all - at the Boyne destroyed James' confidence, and he fled his kingdoms for a second and final time.##William's army pursued the enemy to the gates of Limerick but failed to capture the city before winter set in, giving the Jacobites a much needed respite in which to reorganize and resupply themselves, during which time military supplies and a coterie of advisors led the by the Marquis de St Ruth, arrived from France.After failing to halt the Williamite crossing of the Shannon in the summer of 1691 St.Ruth, running out of room in which to manoeuvre elected to take up a defensive position and invite an enemy attack, occupying Kilcommadan Hill, near the Galway village of Aughrim.Although his own army was now at the end of a tenuous line of communication and supply, Godard van Reede, commanding the Williamite army, accepted the challenge and the two forces clashed on Sunday 12th July 1691.The strength of the Jacobite position was such that their opponents could initially make no headway, but an unordered redeployment of troops opened up a dangerous gap in their lines and when St. Ruth attempted to correct the error he was killed by enemy cannonfire.

To Settle the Crown

Author : Jonathan Worton
Publisher : Helion and Company
ISBN 13 : 191437732X
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book To Settle the Crown written by Jonathan Worton and published by Helion and Company. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the First, or 'Great', English Civil War of 1642-6 was largely contested at regional and county level, in often hard-fought and long-lasting local campaigns, historians often still continue to dwell on the well-known major battles, such as Edgehill and Naseby, and the prominent national leaders. To help redress this imbalance, To Settle The Crown: Waging Civil War in Shropshire, 1642-1648 provides the most detailed bipartisan study published to date of how the war was actually organized and conducted at county level. This book examines the practicalities, the 'nuts and bolts', of contemporary warfare by reconstructing the war effort of Royalists and Parliamentarians in Shropshire, an English county on the borderland of Wales - a region that witnessed widespread fighting. Shropshire was contested during the First Civil War - when it became one of the most heavily garrisoned counties in England and Wales - and experienced renewed conflict during the Second Civil War of 1648. Based on a Doctoral thesis, and therefore drawing primarily on contemporary sources revealing much new information, To Settle The Crown examines key aspects of the military history of the English Civil Wars: allegiance and motivation; leadership and administration; recruitment and the form of armed forces; military finance; logistics; and the nature and conduct of the fighting. Furthermore, while previous studies have tended to concentrate on the Parliamentarians, the comparatively plentiful evidence from Shropshire has allowed the Royalist war effort there to be reconstructed in rare detail. This book reveals for the first time the extent of military activity in Shropshire, describing the sieges, skirmishes and larger engagements, while reflecting on the nature of warfare elsewhere across Civil War England and Wales. In also providing a social context to the military history of the period, it explains how Royalist and Parliamentarian activists set local government on a wartime footing, and how the populace generally became involved in the administrative and material tasks of war effort. Extensively illustrated, fully referenced to an extensive bibliography, and including a useful review of Civil War historiography, To Settle The Crown: Waging Civil War in Shropshire, 1642-1648 is a significant fresh approach to the military history of the English Civil Wars.

Charles XII's Karoliners

Author : Sergey Shamenkov
Publisher : Helion and Company
ISBN 13 : 1804515957
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Charles XII's Karoliners written by Sergey Shamenkov and published by Helion and Company. This book was released on 2022-06-23 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the evolution and changes in Swedish infantry and artillery uniforms during the Great Northern War. The author reconstructs in detail the appearance of infantry and artillery officers, NCOs, and privates of the time of Charles XII, drawing on a number of studies and articles, and based on extant artifacts, and written and iconographic documents that have survived to our time. The book illustrates both major and minor changes in the cut, style, and adornments of the uniforms of infantry and artillery officers, NCOs, and privates that occurred shortly before or during the war. It also provides detailed insights into the differences between the Carolean uniforms of the “older model” of 1687, which served as the basis for later modifications, and the “younger model” of 1706, as well as into different variations in transitional models existing between the two. The book also studies the different variations of headgear used by Swedish officers, NCOs, and privates, with a particular focus on grenadier caps, and examines soldiers’ accouterments and dress. The uniforms and insignia of Swedish infantry and artillery officers are described in a separate section. Along with published sources, this book also relies on little-known or previously unpublished documents. The text is accompanied with photos of surviving uniforms, archaeological finds and period artworks, and is richly illustrated with the author’s graphic reconstructions of period uniforms. A full-color section is dedicated to the author’s own plates, which show officers, NCOs, and privates of Charles XII’s army during the Great Northern War. These eye-catching graphic reconstructions with detailed descriptions will be helpful for historians, artists, reenactors, and filmmakers. They will also be invaluable to those who are fond of historical figurines and to those who create their own tabletop armies to play out historical battles.

The Khotyn Campaign of 1621

Author : Micha? Paradowski
Publisher : Helion and Company
ISBN 13 : 1804514993
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book The Khotyn Campaign of 1621 written by Micha? Paradowski and published by Helion and Company. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In autumn 1621, at a fortified camp near Khotyn (Chocim), in the Principality of Moldavia, allied Polish, Lithuanian and Cossack armies faced a large Ottoman army led by Sultan Osman II. It was the concluding act of a war that had started with the defeat of a Polish army at Cecora one year earlier. As such it was actually part of the longer conflict, waged over the Commonwealth’s and the Ottoman’s influence over Moldavia. Throughout the whole of September and the first half of October 1621, the allied army managed to defend their camps against Turks, with both sides taking heavy losses from the hardship of the siege operations and worsening weather conditions. The conflict ended with the Treaty of Khotyn (9 October 1621) which did not particularly favor either of the sides. All the same, stopping the Ottoman was seen as a huge success for the Commonwealth, while attitudes on the Ottoman sides were far from victorious. The aftershock of the war led to the rebellion of janissaries in 1622, resulting in the overthrow and murder of Sultan Osman II. The book focuses on the Khotyn campaign of 1621, describing the day-by-day actions of the combatant armies – assaults, sallies and raids – during the whole of the siege. Additional theaters of war, such as Cossack operations from the summer of 1621 and Tatars raids against the Polish interior, are described as well. The reader will also find here details of the organization and strength of the fighting armies, information about the battle dispositions of the troops at Khotyn and commanders leading the troops. Actions leading to the outbreak of the open conflict between the Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire are explained in a separate chapter, providing a good historical background of the war. Another chapter covers the outcome of the war and the ways that influenced the internal and external situation of both the Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire. As with his previous works, the author has utilized a large number of primary sources: from the diaries of soldiers taking part in the campaign, through chronicles, official letters and documents from the period to army musters. Among the documents used are not only those written by Poles and Lithuanians, but also documents from Cossacks, Germans and Ottomans. Modern works, especially from Polish and Ukrainian historians, have also been used, in order to provide the most up-to-date and in-depth research. As this topic has previously not had much coverage in English, this book will be a valuable addition to the library of anyone interested in the history of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in Zaporozhian Cossacks and in the Ottoman Empire in the early seventeenth century.

Miscellanies: The Paris sketch book. Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush. The Irish sketch book. Notes of a journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo

Download Miscellanies: The Paris sketch book. Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush. The Irish sketch book. Notes of a journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo PDF Online Free

Author : William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Miscellanies: The Paris sketch book. Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush. The Irish sketch book. Notes of a journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo written by William Makepeace Thackeray and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fatal System Error

Author : Joseph Menn
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610390083
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Fatal System Error written by Joseph Menn and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2004, a California computer whiz named Barrett Lyon uncovered the identity of a hacker running major assaults on business websites. Without fully grasping the repercussions, he set on an investigation that led him into the heart of the Russian mob. Cybercrime was evolving. No longer the domain of small-time thieves, it had been discovered by sophisticated gangs. They began by attacking corporate websites but increasingly stole financial data from consumers and defense secrets from governments. While Barrett investigated the cutting edge of technology crime, the U.S. government struggled to catch up. Britain, however, was a different story. In the late 1990s, the Queen herself had declared safe e-commerce a national security priority. Agents from the London-based National Hi-Tech Crime Unit sought out Barrett and enlisted his help. They also sent detective Andrew Crocker, a Welsh former boxer, to Russia to track down and prosecute the hackers -- and to find out who they worked for. Fatal System Error penetrates both the Russian cyber-mob and the American mafia as the two fight over the Internet's massive spoils. It takes readers into the murky hacker underground, traveling the globe from San Francisco to Costa Rica, London, and Russia. Using unprecedented access to mob businesses and Russian officials, it shows how top criminals earned protection from the Russian government -- and how Barrett Lyon and Andrew Crocker got closer to the titans of the underground economy than any previous outsider. Together, their stories explain why cybercrime is much worse than you thought -- and why the Internet might not survive.

The Swedish Army in the Great Northern War, 1700-1721

Author : Lars Ericson Wolke
Publisher : Century of the Soldier
ISBN 13 : 9781912390182
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Swedish Army in the Great Northern War, 1700-1721 written by Lars Ericson Wolke and published by Century of the Soldier. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Sweden ́s Army during the wars 1700-1721 against a number of enemies, foremost Russia, until the collapse of the Swedish Empire.

Pandora's Gamble

Author : Alison Young
Publisher : Center Street
ISBN 13 : 1546002952
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Pandora's Gamble written by Alison Young and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2023 A ‘remarkable book.’ – The New York Times This fearless, deeply reported book about laboratory accidents asks the haunting question some elite scientists don’t want the public to entertain: Did the COVID-19 pandemic start with a lab leak in Wuhan, China? This is an obvious question. Yet there’s been an extraordinary effort by government officials in China, as well as leading scientific experts in the United States and around the world, to shut down any investigation or discussion of the lab leak theory. In private, however, some of the world’s elite scientists have seen a lab accident as a very real and horrifying possibility. They know what the public doesn’t. Lab accidents happen with shocking frequency. Even at the world’s best-run labs. That’s among the revelations from Alison Young, the award-winning investigative reporter who has spent nearly 15 years uncovering shocking safety breaches at prestigious U.S. laboratories for USA Today and other respected news outlets. In Pandora’s Gamble, Young goes deep into the troubling history -- and enormous risks -- of leaks and accidents at scientific labs. She takes readers on a riveting journey around the world to some of the worst lab mishaps in history, including the largely unknown stories of the lab workers at the U.S. Army’s Camp Detrick who suffered devastating infections at alarming rates during World War II. And her groundbreaking reporting exposes for the first time disturbing new details about recent accidents at prestigious laboratories – and the alarming gaps in government oversight that put all of us at risk. Sourced through meticulous reporting and exclusive interviews with key players including Dr. Anthony Fauci, former CDC Director Tom Frieden and others, Young’s examination reveals that the only thing rare about lab accidents is the public rarely finds out about them. Because when accidents happen, powerful people and institutions often work hard to keep the information secret.

Catholic Emancipation Centenary Record

Author : Myles Vincent Ronan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Catholic Emancipation Centenary Record written by Myles Vincent Ronan and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Battle of Aughrim 1691

Author : Michael McNally
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752496581
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book The Battle of Aughrim 1691 written by Michael McNally and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 60,000 combatants, the Battle of the Boyne, which took place on 1 July 1690 was the largest battle ever fought on Irish soil, and has long been regarded as the pivotal event of the Williamite War. But despite the Boyne's celebrated place in Irish protestant folklore, the critical engagement of the campaign was to take place the following year outside the village of Aughrim, in County Galway. Here the outnumbered and outgunned Jacobites, their backs to the wall, faced the Williamite army in a battle that was to decide the course of Irish, and indeed European history. In the first major history of the battle in forty years, Michael McNally brings vividly to life the personalities and events of the bloodiest day in Irish history. Placing the battle firmly in the context of the wider campaign, and of early modern European power politics, he uses evocative eyewitness testimony to reconstruct the events of that fateful encounter, and reveal just how close to defeat the Williamites came.

Fatal Farming

Author : Bonnie Oldre
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
ISBN 13 : 1662951418
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Fatal Farming written by Bonnie Oldre and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2024-09-06 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summer, 1969, Davison City Minnesota. Best friends Beth and Evie, both age thirty, are helping to convert a closed movie theater, The Majestic, into a live theater, when a local radio shock jock and farmer, Vern Cedar, steps into the scene. He gets into a heated argument with the theater’s owner, Logan Rusk. Later, Vern is found dead in his grain bin and Logan is arrested for his murder. Beth and Evie have local fame for solving crimes, so the theater crew convinces them to try to discover who killed Vern, and clear Logan's name. Beth, a library assistant, passes the Cedar farm on her bookmobile route, so she stops to question Vern’s widow and the neighbors. This infuriates Officer Bill Crample, who demands that Beth and Evie leave investigating to the police. But they fear the police will not solve the case quickly enough to save Logan and the theater. The stakes are raised when Beth receives anonymous threats. But Beth and Evie still refuse to quit. Will they uncover who did it before the killer strikes again?

The Russian Army in the Great Northern War 1700-21

Author : Boris Megorsky
Publisher : Century of the Soldier
ISBN 13 : 9781911512882
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book The Russian Army in the Great Northern War 1700-21 written by Boris Megorsky and published by Century of the Soldier. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed look at the Russian army during the Great Northern War utilising material previously unseen in the West.

If You Really Loved Me

Author : Ann Rule
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1668025094
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book If You Really Loved Me written by Ann Rule and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shocking chronicle of greed, sexual obsession, manipulation, and murder--from the bestselling author of Small Sacrifices. Computer wizard David Brown convinced his own daughter to prove her love by killing his new wife. Brown then collected a large insurance policy and married his dead wife's teenage sister, whom he had secretly taught to perform sex acts since she was eleven years old. Photographs.

'More Furies Than Men'

Author : Pierre-Louis Coudray
Publisher : From Reason to Revolution
ISBN 13 : 9781914059827
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (598 download)

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Download or read book 'More Furies Than Men' written by Pierre-Louis Coudray and published by From Reason to Revolution. This book was released on 2022-11-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wild Geese, Irish soldiers exiled in France at the end of the seventeenth century, gained fame fighting for France on the battlefields of Europe, India and America in the eighteenth century.

Fatal Attraction

Author : Bernard Slade
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573690099
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Fatal Attraction written by Bernard Slade and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1986 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thriller.

The Armies of Philip IV of Spain 1621-1665

Author : Pierre Picouet
Publisher : Century of the Soldier
ISBN 13 : 9781911628613
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (286 download)

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Download or read book The Armies of Philip IV of Spain 1621-1665 written by Pierre Picouet and published by Century of the Soldier. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dominions of Philip IV of Spain covered much of Europe, along with parts of South America, Asia and Africa. The defense of the European and African territories was established in the XVI century and consisted of the deployment of two core armies, in the Low Countries and in North Italy, garrisons in strategic places, as well as fleets in the At

Seven Firefights in Vietnam

Author : John A. Cash
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1568065639
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Seven Firefights in Vietnam written by John A. Cash and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1993-07 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on official army records, these eyewitness accounts of seven hellacious battles serve as a brief history of the Vietnam conflict. From a fierce fight on the banks of the Ia Drang River in 1965 to a 1968 gunship mission, this illustrated report conveys the heroism and horror of warfare.