Author : Robert Forbes
Publisher :
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 23,95 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746
ISBN :
Author : Blaikie Walter Biggar
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 39,62 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1017053057
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Author : Arran Johnston
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 10,92 MB
Release : 2024-01-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1399061186
Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788) was the grandson of Britain’s last Stuart king and the last of his line to fight for their right to the throne. Born in Rome and raised at his father’s cultured and cosmopolitan court-in-exile, the young prince grew up beneath a heavy weight of expectation and yearned for the chance to prove his worth. In 1745, just as it seemed his best opportunity had already passed, Charles threw caution to the wind and embarked on a secret and seemingly desperate expedition to Scotland. What followed is one of the most remarkable, famous, and often misrepresented episodes of Scottish history: the ’45. This is the story of the last Jacobite rising and the charismatic but controversial prince who led it, presenting a human portrait of the Stuart prince through the words of those who served alongside him. The picture revealed is one of a humane and capable young man taking on a mission far greater than his experience had prepared him for, pushed to the limits of his abilities at a cost from which he never recovered. Following Charles Edward Stuart over the battlefields of Prestonpans, Falkirk and Culloden, this book reveals the prince’s strengths and flaws as a commander, and the difficult relationships he had with the very people on whom his fortunes, and reputation, would depend. It is the story of how the prince faced conflicts both on and off the battlefield, weathered challenges posed by friends as well as foes, and left a legacy which remains hotly contested to this day.
Author : Andrew Fleming Hutchison
Publisher :
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 23,80 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Inchmahome Priory (Scotland)
ISBN :
Author : Gregor Ewing
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 16,82 MB
Release : 2013-07-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1909912077
For the first time, Bonnie Prince Charlie's arduous escape of 1746 has been recreated in a single journey. The author, along with his faithful border collie Meg, retraces the Prince's epic 530 mile walk through remote wilderness, hidden glens, modern day roads and uninhabited islands. Gregor Ewing tells the Prince's story alongside the trials of his own present day journey, whilst reflecting on the plight of the highlanders who, despite everything, loyally protected their rightful prince. The author's love of history and the landscape in which he travels shines through in this modern day adventure. BACK COVER: Charlie: Prince Charles Edward Stuart, second Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland, instigator of the Jacobite uprising of 1945, fugitive with a price of ?30,000 on his head following the disaster of Culloden, romantic figure of heroic failure. Meg: My faithful, four-legged companion, carrier of supplies, listener of my woes, possessor of my only towel. Me: An ordinary guy from Falkirk only just on the right side of 40, the only man in a houseful of women, with a thirst for a big adventure, craving an escape from everyday life. For the first time, Bonnie Prince Charlie's arduous escape of 1746 has been recreated in a single journey. The author, along with his faithful border collie Meg, retraces Charlie's epic 530 mile walk through remote wilderness, hidden glens, modern day roads and uninhabited Ewing tells the Prince's story alongside the trials of his own present day journey, whilst reflecting on the plight of the highlanders who, despite everything, loyally protected their rightful prince. The author's love of history and the landscape in which he travels shines through in this modern day adventure. One of the strengths of this man and dog travelogue is the neat way it stitches together history with the writer's personal journey. The balance is perfect. TONY POLLARD
Author : Gray's Inn. Library
Publisher :
Page : 1130 pages
File Size : 29,87 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Law
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 32,25 MB
Release : 1900
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Allan I. MacInnes
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 19,2 MB
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1788854047
This is an appraisal of clanship both with respect to its vitality and its eventual demise, in which the author views clanship as a socio-economic, as well as a political agency, deriving its strength from personal obligations and mutual service between chiefs and gentry and their clansmen. Its demise is attributed to the throwing over of these personal obligations by the clan elite, not to legislation or central government repression. The book discusses the impact on the clans of the inevitable shift, with the passage of time, from feudalism to capitalism, regardless of the "Forty Five". It draws upon estate papers, family correspondence, financial compacts, social bonds and recorded oral tradition rather than the biased records of central government.
Author : Peter Anderson
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,89 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Cromlechs
ISBN :
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Publisher :
Page : 978 pages
File Size : 20,17 MB
Release : 1924
Category : English periodicals
ISBN :
