Description

Fully illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an accessible introduction to one of history's most heavily romanticized and mythologized campaigns.

Dr Gregory Fremont-Barnes presents a detailed overview of the Forty-five Rebellion, dispelling the myths that have grown up around battles like Culloden and the figures of the Highlanders. Led by the charismatic Bonnie Prince Charlie and fought in the main by clansmen loyal to the Stuarts, the revolt initially saw government forces outmanoeuvred and outfought before the Prince's march on London halted at Derby. But the following spring, pursued back into the Highlands by the Duke of Cumberland, the Prince's army made its doomed last stand on the moor of Culloden. Fremont-Barnes examines this key turning point in British history, analysing the dynastic struggle of two royal houses, the Rebellion's manoeuvres and battles and the tragic aftermath for the Highlands.

Updated and revised for the new edition, with full-colour maps and 30 new images, this is an accessible introduction to the famous campaign which saw the Stuart dynasty's final attempt to regain the British throne, and the end of the Highland clans' way of life.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Background to War
Warring Sides
Outbreak
The Fighting
How the War Ended
The World Around War
Conclusion and Consequences
Chronology
Further Reading
Index

Product details

Published Sep 15 2022
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 144
ISBN 9781472851147
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations Fully illustrated in colour and black and white
Series Essential Histories
Short code ESS
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Gregory Fremont-Barnes

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