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Mountjoy Sent to Ireland
Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, is sent to Ireland to take command of Essex’s Army. Mountjoy was renowned as an extremely capable strategist – would his tenure mark a turn for the better in Elizabeth’s Irish ambitions?
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