The Twilight Lords: Elizabeth I and the Plunder of IrelandBy the time the last and greatest of the "rebels" surrendered, Elizabeth was dead, two waves of English settlers had been exterminated, and southern Ireland had become a barren wilderness."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Ireland circa 1579 | 2 |
WHITEHALL IS79 The English | 3 |
The Irish Land about 1600 | 21 |
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