The Secret of Kit Cavenaugh A Remarkable Irishwoman and Soldier

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Publisher's Synopsis

Christian - 'Kit' - Cavenaugh, born in 1667 in Dublin, grew up on a Leixlip farm. A dragoon in the Marlborough Wars, Kit led an adventurous life, courting women, fighting duels and arguing a paternity suit before the truth became known: Kit was a woman. After her husband and father of her three children, Richard Welsh, was press-ganged into the English army to fight in the European wars of the early eighteenth century, Kit disguised herself as a man and enlisted to find him. When she finally came face to face with Richard in 1704 she was enraged to find him in the arms of a Dutch woman. Kit's adventures did not end there ...

About the Publisher

The Collins Press

The Collins Press is an independent publisher based in Cork in the beautiful south of Ireland. Founded in 1989, it publishes a wide range of non-fiction books of Irish interest. Our interests as a publisher are not limited to specific subject areas. Our assessment of a book's worth is based on the quality of the writing, how well it engages the interest of the reader, and whether it has new, interesting or original material of Irish interest.

Book information

ISBN: 9781848891807
Publisher: The Collins Press
Imprint: The Collins Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 941.507092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 496g
Height: 235mm
Width: 170mm
Spine width: 24mm