There is little doubt that the '45 rebellion was the greatest challenge to the eighteenth century British state. The battle of Culloden in which it culminated was certainly one of the most dramatic of the century.
This study, based on extensive archival research, examines the political and military context of the uprising and highlights the seriousness of the challenge posed by the Jacobites.
The result is an illuminating account of an episode often obscured by the perspective of Stuart romance.
Contents:
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
1. A Change of Dynasty
2. Civil War, Plots and Risings 1689-1723
3. Decline and Revival 1723-1743
4. The '44 and the Background to the '45
5. From the Western Isles to the Enterprise of England
6. The Invasion of England
7. From the Return into Scotland to Culloden
8. Culloden and its Aftermath
Notes
Index
