Bonnie
Prince Charlie Books
Bonnie
Prince Charlie: Charles Edward... Stuart . ' Who was this
man Charles Edward Stuart who became known to legend as Bonnie
Prince Charlie? ' Frank McLynn pursues this fascinating question
in his highly acclaimed study of the 'Young Pretender', whose
unsuccessful challenge to the Hanoverian throne was followed
by the crushing defeat at Culloden in 1746. The prince was
to play out the rest of his career dogged by a sense of failure
and betrayal. Yet Frank McLynn argues powerfully that failure
was far from inevitable and history in 1745 came closer to
taking a quite different turn.
The
'45: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the... Untold Story of
the Jacobite Rising. The '45 Rising has been romanticised
over the centuries in many books and films, and still arouses
strong emotions in Scotland, but this is the first comprehensive
history ever. It is based on original research in all available
archives, including Swedish, French and German records. These
make nonsense of the many popular histories based on self-serving
accounts written by a few of the key participants. But it
is no dry academic analysis. Christopher Duffy, the world's
greatest authority on 18th century warfare, writes a vivid
narrative that overturns many accepted 'facts' about The '45.
His text is supported by numerous maps and a comprehensive
guide to the key sites that can be visited today. This is
a major work that addresses a crucial episode in British history:
the last time that a British monarch stood a serious chance
of being unseated by a dynastic rival at the head of an army.
Bonnie
Prince Charlie: A Biography Bonnie Prince Charlie is celebrated
in Scotland as the Young Pretender, Charles Stuart, the hero
whose claim to the British throne divided the kingdom and
shook the opulent monarchies of continental Europe In this
compelling and absorbing biography, Carolly Erickson brings
all her masterly skills to bear in telling the story of the
motley band of Highland rebels who challenged George III and
embraced Bonnie Prince Charlie as their last hope. She tells
the story of their crushing defeat, chronicling with bone-chilling
accuracy the massacre at Culloden, where women wailed through
the silent spring night after the battle, identifying corpses
of their loved ones. Erickson follows Charles after the disaster,
homeless but seldom friendless, as he lived out his picaresque
life on the continent. Tormented by his own inner demons,
the boy-hero gradually became an irascible, misogynistic old
man, closeted with his memories of the windswept moors of
Scotland, still clinging to the belief that he was meant to
be king.
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