Empire and Enterprise. Money, Power and the Adventurers for Irish Land During the British Civil Wars, Paperback - David Brown

The Adventurers for Irish land transformed England's trade and government finances in the mid-seventeenth century, laying the foundations of the Br...

The Adventurers for Irish land transformed England's trade and government finances in the mid-seventeenth century, laying the foundations of the Br...

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Scandal of Colonial Rule: Power and Subversion in the British Atlantic during the Age of Revolution - James Epstein

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