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Jacobites a new history of the '45 rebellion

The 1745 Jacobite Rebellion was a turning point in British history. It continues to be obscured by fiction and myth, as personified by the heroic, gallant but doomed 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' pitted against the heartless victor, 'Butcher' Cumberland. In the years 1745-46, nothing was certain. While ut...

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Main Author: Riding, Jacqueline (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2016.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
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Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Scotland > History > 18th century.
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Summary:The 1745 Jacobite Rebellion was a turning point in British history. It continues to be obscured by fiction and myth, as personified by the heroic, gallant but doomed 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' pitted against the heartless victor, 'Butcher' Cumberland. In the years 1745-46, nothing was certain. While utilizing past and recent scholarship, this account draws extensively on a wealth of contemporary sources, revealing the thoughts and feelings of the most important participants and local eyewitnesses as these extraordinary events played out.
Item Description:Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, ©2016.
Physical Description:xv, 587 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [503]-566) and index.
ISBN:9781608198016
1608198014
Author Notes:Dr. Jacqueline Riding specializes in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century British history and art. She read History and Art History at the universities of Leicester, London and York, and has over twenty-five years' experience working as a curator and consultant within a broad range of museums, galleries and historic buildings, including the Guards Museum, Tate Britain and Historic Royal Palaces. From 1993-1999 she was Assistant Curator at the Palace of Westminster and later founding Director of the Handel House Museum, London. Her publications include Houses of Parliament: History, Art, Architecture (2000). She was the consultant historian and art historian on Mike Leigh's award-winning Mr. Turner (2014) and is the consultant historian on his next feature film, Peterloo . Jacqueline Riding is an Associate Research Fellow in the School of Arts, Birkbeck College, University of London and lives in South London.

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