The Great Defiance: How the World Took on the British Empire by David Veevers

The Great Defiance: How the World Took on the British Empire Author : David Veevers ISBN-13 : 978-1529109955 Publisher : Ebury Press Guideline Price : £25 For nine long years from 1593 Ireland was ravaged by one of the largest and most brutal wars that Europe had seen for centuries. Tens of thousands of soldiers died from fighting and disease, while even more civilians died from famines instigated by English attempts to starve the population into submission. As the Elizabethan state poured money and men into Ireland, it seemed to many that the country could never be subdued. As veteran…