Sheane, Michael,  1947- <br/><br/>
The Great Siege / 
Michael Sheane. 
 - 144 pages ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Cover title: The great siege : the Siege of Londonderry, 1689. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> "1. James II, a Roman Catholic, ascends the throne of England in 1685, and he is intent upon subjecting Ireland's Protestants. 2. Protestants in Ulster are determined to put up a resistance to ѵPoperyѫ� and they eventually hold out in the city of Londonderry. 3. Thirteen brave Apprentice Boys close the gates of Londonderry in December 1688 in the face of the Earl of Antrimѫs forces. 4. Robert Lundy is appointed Governor of the City, and at first the citizens have great faith in him, but he was eventually to prove a traitor. 5. How did the citizens of Derry hold out in the face of James IIѫs army, as the siege got under way in April 1689? Why was their cry "No Surrender!"?"--cover. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0722334486 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Londonderry (Northern Ireland)--History--Siege, 1688-1689.