Download or read book Seventeenth-century Ireland written by Raymond Gillespie and published by Gill Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking interpretation. In Ireland, the seventeenth century was a war zone, but it was also about politics, about wheeling and dealing. In the end, politics failed, and Raymond Gillespie explains why.