Excerpt from Ulrick the Ready The following tale formed itself out of the study of an eventful period, that of the Spanish Fleet which Philip III. Despatched against these islands in 1602. The historic setting includes the landing of the Spanish army at Kins ale, the intrepid ride of Lord Mountjoy, unattended, through Munster, to meet the invaders, the rising-out of the Queen's Irish to his call, the heroic defence of Kinsale by Don Juan de Aquila, the march across Ireland north and south - of the insurgent lords of Ulster ...
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Excerpt from Ulrick the Ready The following tale formed itself out of the study of an eventful period, that of the Spanish Fleet which Philip III. Despatched against these islands in 1602. The historic setting includes the landing of the Spanish army at Kins ale, the intrepid ride of Lord Mountjoy, unattended, through Munster, to meet the invaders, the rising-out of the Queen's Irish to his call, the heroic defence of Kinsale by Don Juan de Aquila, the march across Ireland north and south - of the insurgent lords of Ulster to his assistance, and the ruinous overthrow which, contrary to all expectation, they sustained at the hands of the Royalists, a defeat which proved the death blow at the same time of Spanish ambition and of the feudal constitution of society in Ireland. The tale as it travels just touches or glances at these historic and epoch-marking events, its essential purpose, if it have any, being only to exhibit life as it was then lived in Ireland, a work for which the materials abound even to profusion, if only the art to use them be not wanting. In other respects, too, this stormy century lends itself better than the rest to the work of the historical novelist, so thronged is it with heroic, romantic, or picturesque figures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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