000 to £400,000) each time he faced a contested election, much of it on paying for out-voters to attend, since his local popularity with voters slumped towards the end of the century, due to his strident support of war with France....
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which look to throw off English rule with the help ofPhilip II of Spain. From April 1593, O’Neill orchestrates a proxy war against the English usingHugh Maguire, Lord of Fermanagh, andHugh Roe O’Donnell, Lord ofTyrconnell. They engage the English in the west of Ulster while O’Neill,...
The builder of the house, Micah Wild, was a native of Braintree, MA, and a Revolutionary War veteran. He moved to Salem, MA, in 1790 and he acquired the land to build the house in 1802. In 1806, fellow Revolutionary veteran James Barr and he agreed to lay out a private way or cou...
Weaving in the textures of Paris, the excitement of a city just coming out of war, the uncertainty of those times was great fun. If you would like an early copy to read so you can post a review once it goes up on sale, email me at Sd@sd-writer.com. The book should be on sale...
Elizabeth was cautious in foreign affairs, manoeuvring between the major powers of France and Spain. She only half-heartedly supported a number of ineffective, poorly resourced military campaigns in the Netherlands, France, and Ireland. By the mid-1580s, England could no longer avoid war with ...
The south facing facade of the home has five bays and a central entrance trimmed with flat pilasters and a semicircular fanlight above the door. The builder of the house, Micah Wild, was a native of Braintree, MA, and a Revolutionary War veteran. He moved to Salem, MA, in 1790 and ...
April 21, 1509 –King Henry VIII, crowned by William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury February 20, 1547 –King Edward VI, crowned by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury October 1, 1553 –Queen Mary I, crowned by Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester ...
with different causes and incentives. One example is of the Puritans. They were against the Church of England and they fled to America in 1620. Not only were they ready to go, the local government was more than happy to see them leave. Another instance where this occurred was with the ...
during the Second World War with Alexander Korda's film starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, screened in America as That Hamilton Woman and in Britain as Lady Hamilton: it not only told the story Nelson's affair with Emma, but also showed Nelson resisting tyranny in the form of ...