Shane O'Neill: 'The Grand Disturber' of Elizabethan Ireland

by Brian Mallon

Book Overview

An historically rooted and dramatic telling of the life of Shane O'Neill, 'a rogue and a rakehell' who was the arch-foe of young Queen Elizabeth I in the early years of her reign. Needing to assert her absolute power, she denied his claim to succeed his father as Earl of Tyrone, setting off a chain of events that nearly saw the English driven out of Ireland. With his victories rose his ambitions, until only the kingship of Ireland would satisfy him...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692502726
• ISBN13: 9780692502723
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Redbranch Press
• Length: 780 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"