Orange And Green (a Tale Of The Boyne And Limerick)

G. A. Henty was a 19th century novelist, special correspondent and Imperialist. His best-known works are historical adventures. While most of the 122 books he wrote were for children, he also wrote adult novels, non-fiction such as The March to Magdala (1868) and Those Other Animals (1891), short stories for the likes of The Boy's Own Paper and edited the Union Jack, a weekly boys magazine. The setting for Orange and Green is Castle Davenant on the coast of Dublin Bay between Cork and Waterford. Henty discusses the struggles in Ireland in his preface by saying "the rising of Ireland, nominally in defense of the rights of King James, but really as an effort of despair on the part of those who deemed their religion, their property, and even their lives threatened, by the absolute ascendency of the Protestant party in the government of the country." As with all of Henty's books for boys he relies on historians for the basic facts and historic details in his books. The suffering of the Irish at the hands of William's army of foreign mercenaries is brought forth in this action adventure for young readers.