On the Trail of the Jacobites
0415033349
9780415033343
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8vo. xix, 244 pp, list of b&w illustrations and maps, acknowledgments, Introduction: Who Were the Jacobite? ; 1. Revolution and Rebellion, 1688-9; 2. The Highland War, 1689-911; 3. The Masacre of Glencoe, 1692' 4. Union, Unrest, and the House of Hanover; 5. The Rebellion of 1715: The Scottish Campaign; 6. The Rebellion of 1715: The English Campaign; 7. Between the 'Fifteen and the 'Forty-Five; 8. 1745: The Daring Gamble; 9. 1745: Advance and Retreat; 10. 1746: The Reckoning; 11. The Jacobite Twilight; a note on further reading, index. Second Edition, 1958. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, and decorative endpapers. "Focusing on the main maneuvers that took place in Scotland and England between the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the authors provide a detailed chronological narrative of places, people and battles. As the authors follow the trail of the Jacobites, they describe, with the help of a variety of photographs and many specially drawn maps, what remains to be seen today, from caves to castles, mansions to military roads, and towns to tombstones."
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