{"product_id":"1690-battle-of-the-boyne","title":"1690 Battle of the Boyne","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Boyne was, and is, politically potent: how many other battles are commemorated every year? Yet it was militarily indecisive. The largest battle in Irish history, it concluded the English War of Succession, the Irish and French-backed James II being defeated by William III securing a Protestant monarchy in England.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA startling new history of the largest and most famous battle in Irish history, this book incorporates findings of a series of newly discovered sources. Was the Boyne really as important as William of Orange's propagandists claimed, or was it, as the losers--the French and many of the Irish--insisted, \"only a skirmish\"?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePadraig Lenihan reconciles the political potency of the Boyne with its military indecisiveness, challenging the conventional view of this most controversial event.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239995396440,"sku":"9780752433042","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780752433042_2fe2a0db-c3f6-42d1-b6ea-66340227ed43.jpg?v=1771951543","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/1690-battle-of-the-boyne","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}