James the Second and the Duke of Berwick
Author : Charles Townshend Wilson
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Page : 522 pages
File Size : 22,47 MB
Release : 1876
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Charles Townshend Wilson
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Page : 522 pages
File Size : 22,47 MB
Release : 1876
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Charles Townshend Wilson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 22,40 MB
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3385526523
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Author : Charles Townshend Wilson
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Page : pages
File Size : 38,85 MB
Release : 1876
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Author : Thomas Babington baron Macaulay
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Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,90 MB
Release : 1858
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Author : James Stanier Clarke
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Page : 748 pages
File Size : 24,66 MB
Release : 1816
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Author : Lord Macaulay
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 25,70 MB
Release : 2023-03-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 338212825X
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author : Gilbert Burnet
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Page : 534 pages
File Size : 46,14 MB
Release : 1852
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Author : Gilbert Burnet
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Page : 524 pages
File Size : 15,10 MB
Release : 1852
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
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Page : 940 pages
File Size : 44,4 MB
Release : 1850
Category : Great Britain
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Author : John Callow
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 33,17 MB
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0752479881
James II was Britain’s last Catholic king. The spectacular collapse of his regime in 1688 and the seizure of his throne by his nephew William of Orange are the best-known events of his reign. But what of his life after this? What became of him during his final exile? John Callow’s groundbreaking study focuses on this hitherto neglected period of his life: the twelve years he spent attempting to recover his crown through war, diplomacy, assassination and subterfuge. This is the story of the genesis of Jacobitism; of the devotion of the fallen king’s followers, who shed their blood for him at the battle of the Boyne and the massacre at Glencoe, gave up estates and riches to follow him to France, and immortalised his name in artworks, print, and song. Yet, this first ‘King Over the Water’ was far more than a figurehead. A grim, inflexible warlord and a maladroit politician, he was also a man of undeniable principle, which he pursued regardless of the cost to either himself or his subjects. He was an author of considerable talent, and a monarch capable of successive reinventions. Denied his earthly kingdoms, he finally settled upon attaining a heavenly crown and was venerated by the Jacobites as a saint. This powerful, evocative and original book will appeal to anyone interested in Stuart history, politics, culture and military studies.