Bonnie Prince Charlie : the life and times of Charles Edward Stuart

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    • Daiches, David

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Bonnie Prince Charlie : the life and times of Charles Edward Stuart

David Daiches

Penguin, 2002

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Uniform Title

Charles Edward Stuart

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Originally published as: Charles Edward Stuart. London: Thames and Hudson, 1973

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This biography looks at the man, the period and its significance in Scottish history by brushing away the dust of legend that blurs the image of the young pretender. The author makes clear how Charles Edward became the Bonnie Prince Charlie of legend and folk memory. As the biography is based almost entirely on contemporary sources, Charles emerges directly from 18th century Europe with all its political and dynastic intrigue and the insights into familiar and unfamiliar events which emerge explain the unwavering appeal that the prince has exerted for so long.

Table of Contents

  • From Stuart to Jacobite
  • Glencoe and Darien
  • "Farewell, thou ancient kingdom"
  • Jamie the Rover
  • early years
  • an end of waiting
  • Tearlach Mac Sheumais
  • from Perth to Edinburgh
  • victory
  • into England
  • the retreat from Derby
  • the Battle of Falkirk
  • Culloden
  • the fugitive Prince
  • exits and entrances
  • King Charles III
  • the end of the story.

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