Review
" ... stimulating study This excellent monograph reconstructs how the defence of the Maiden City has been interpreted and commemorated since the late seventeenth century. Dr McBride's siege of Derry is an important study whihc helps put a significant event into historical focus" -- James McAllister, Irish Economic and Social History
"... McBride well situates the events being narrated, and their constructions, presenting them from a non-biased point of view ... I would recommend the book for all those interested not only in Northern Irish history and politics, but more generally in Irish-British historical and cultural relations. We look forward to the author's next project" -- James Doan, Irish Literary Supplement
"... a lucid and admirably economic discussion of an important topic in modern Irish history" -- Donald Harman Akenson, Queen's University Belfast, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies
"... a scholarly and invigorating exploration of the actual events of the siege of Londonderry, the relating of those events, the interpretations placed on them, their commeration over the years, and the development of the siege myth" -- Dennis Kennedy in Irish Times
"I would urge all politicians, unionists, nationalists, and 'fence-sitters', in Northern Ireland between their bickering speeches to pick up a copy of this book and read it. They might earn something" -- Darryl Armitage, Fortnight Magazine
"... McBride well situates the events being narrated, and their constructions, presenting them from a non-biased point of view ... I would recommend the book for all those interested not only in Northern Irish history and politics, but more generally in Irish-British historical and cultural relations. We look forward to the author's next project" -- James Doan, Irish Literary Supplement
"... a lucid and admirably economic discussion of an important topic in modern Irish history" -- Donald Harman Akenson, Queen's University Belfast, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies
"... a scholarly and invigorating exploration of the actual events of the siege of Londonderry, the relating of those events, the interpretations placed on them, their commeration over the years, and the development of the siege myth" -- Dennis Kennedy in Irish Times
"I would urge all politicians, unionists, nationalists, and 'fence-sitters', in Northern Ireland between their bickering speeches to pick up a copy of this book and read it. They might earn something" -- Darryl Armitage, Fortnight Magazine
