The Secret of Kit Cavenaugh: A Remarkable Irishwoman and Soldier
Nonfiction, History, Modern, 17th Century, Biography & Memoir, Historical
| Author: | Anne Holland | ISBN: | 9781848898219 |
| Publisher: | The Collins Press | Publication: | October 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | The Collins Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Anne Holland |
| ISBN: | 9781848898219 |
| Publisher: | The Collins Press |
| Publication: | October 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | The Collins Press |
| Language: | English |
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 ...
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 ...
