Riding, Jacqueline
Jacobites
- ISBN 13:
- 9781408867648
- author:
- Riding, Jacqueline
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 608
- Dimensions:
- 129mm X 198mm
- Genre:
- 19.8 x 12.9 centimetres (0.38 kg, History, Europe, Great Britain,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
The 1745 Jacobite Rebellion was a pivotal moment in British history. When Charles Edward Stuart sailed from France to Scotland in July 1745, few people within Britain were alarmed by his claim to the throne. However, after he raised the standard at Glenfinnan and marched south into England, the rising threatened to destabilise the British state. The reality of the '45 continues to be obscured by fiction and myth, with a complex story emerging from a wealth of contemporary sources. This account draws extensively on past and recent scholarship, revealing the thoughts and feelings of key players and local eyewitnesses as these extraordinary events unfolded. A more nuanced understanding of this period than previously thought is revealed in this magnificent history. The Jacobite Rebellion remains a fascinating and enigmatic chapter in British history, with its outcome far from certain in 1745-6.
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