Strafford in Ireland 1633-40

Hugh Kearney reconsiders the models for and motives of Charles I's most controversial minister in 'John Bull's other island'.

Hugh Kearney | Published in History Today

Thirty years ago I published a book on Strafford's career in Ireland. It is now to be reprinted,' and as a consequence I have the opportunity for second thoughts about a man who still remains, three centuries after his execution in 1641, one of the most controversial figures in the history of these islands.

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