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It's 1798, and Ireland is in the middle of a rebellion. Ballygobackwards Castle is under siege, the defenders outnumber the English soldiers, but will the cannon on the Castle's roof be decisive. The baby is crying in the locked room, men try to rescue it, do any survive? It's Irish history brought to life.

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	29 mars 2021
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781789825121
Langue	English

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Insurgence
Harry Pope

First published in 2017 by
AG Books
www.agbooks.co.uk
Digital edition converted and distributed by
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Copyright © 2021 Harry Pope
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Insurgence
Wolfe Tone was in prison. He was sentenced to hang, he knew he was doomed. The trial yesterday had been a farce. He had been granted a defence counsel he knew from different circumstances who was so incompetent he didn’t even have a proper name. Who had ever heard of a lawyer with just the name of Winter? He wasn’t even Mr. Winter, everyone called him by that one name. Wolfe was due to die tomorrow, that was a sentence in itself, knowing you were going to die at the age of 35. And for what? A bloody rebellion against the British who never lost a war. Independent Ireland? That was a joke. And he was going to die for it. But at least there was a way out of his choosing. Winter had brought into his cell a bottle of French brandy, so he was going to get drunk. Then, mind thoroughly dulled, and when he was ready in the morning, he was going to slit his throat. Knife also to be provided by Winter.
It had all started so promisingly. He knew exactly what he wanted, a free, united Ireland. If his own countrymen couldn’t manage this on their own, then he would enlist the aid of any friendly country. Inevitably, that had meant France, despite traditional enmity with the English rulers. Wolfe was a fluent French speaker, had met Napoleon half a dozen times, not receiving a great deal of encouragement. But Boney wasn’t in Paris now, he was in Egypt, trying to conquer yet another continent. However, he had left behind orders to help Wolfe, which meant that he had come over with 3,000 Frenchmen, on board a ship, off the west coast of Ireland, waiting for the gails to blow themselves out. He was ready to join his troops, who were all based in the middle of his country, around a 200-year-old mansion. Ballygobackwards Castle. The trouble was, he didn’t know that the war was already over. He was going to die for nothing.
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The Castle was under siege. One thousand British troops surrounded the three thousand independence fighters, and in its history the Castle had never been in more peril.
The first deaths occurred because of a mistake. The Irish defenders were under the leadership of two men, Father John, and Captain Harvey. They were united in their beliefs, despite coming from opposing religious divides. Each was in charge of the same approximate number of troops, but those commanded by Captain Harvey were more disciplined. Father John’s men were based in the east wing, Captain Harvey and his fighters in the west wing. The Catholics heard a baby crying in their quarters, in a room that was locked, a room that had no key, a room that was impossible to open. They could hear the baby crying from outside, it was loud from the room adjacent, it was infuriating with its insistency. The baby wanted attention, no-one was able to look after it. The noise was coming from the first floor, so four men decided to try their luck from the outside.