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Behind the walls : a city besieged / Nicola Pierce.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin : The O'Brien Press, 2015.Description: 368 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781847176462 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.92 23
Summary: Derry. 1689. The city's inhabitants resist all attempts by King James's men to storm their gates. Outside, the soldiers reckon the only effective weapon they have left is to starve them out. Nicola Pierce tells the story through the eyes of the Sherrard family, trapped inside the city and among those divided on whether to risk the lives of their remaining loved ones or to beg their church leaders to surrender the city.
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Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital Fiction Section F PIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R14416P0499
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Derry. 1689. The city's inhabitants resist all attempts by King James's men to storm their gates. Outside, the soldiers reckon the only effective weapon they have left is to starve them out. Nicola Pierce tells the story through the eyes of the Sherrard family, trapped inside the city and among those divided on whether to risk the lives of their remaining loved ones or to beg their church leaders to surrender the city.

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