Battle of Killiecrankie 1689
Author: Stuart Reid
Publisher:
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781526709974
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The Battle of Killiecrankie
Author: Jonathan D. Oates
Publisher: Century of the Soldier
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781912390984
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An account of the military struggle in Scotland from 1689-1691, focussing on the men who fought and died in the battles of Killiecrankie, Dunkeld and Cromdale.
Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites
Author: David Forsyth
Publisher:
Published: 2017-06-23
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781910682081
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the summer of 1745 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', grandson of James VII and II landed on the Isle of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. He would be the Jacobite Stuarts' last hope in the fight to regain the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. A major new exhibition on Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites opens at the National Museum of Scotland, and tells a compelling story of love, loss, exile, rebellion and retribution. It will challenge many of the misconceptions that still surround this turbulent period in European history.This book has eight specially commissioned essays on the Jacobites and includes a catalogue that showcases the rich wealth of objects in the exhibition.00Exhibition: National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK (23.06.-12.11.2017).
History of the Rebellions in Scotland
A Silver Bullet
Author: Simon A. Hart
Publisher: Publishamerica Incorporated
Published: 2006-02-01
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781413746556
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →At the Battle of Killiecrankie, 27 July 1689, 3,000 Highlanders, commanded by John Graham, Lord Dundeethe Bonnie Dundee of legendsupporting the cause of the deposed king James II (James VII of Scotland), swept down a Perthshire hillside and routed a professional army twice their size, commanded by General Mackay of Scourie, hurriedly raised in support of William of Orange. At the moment of victory, Dundee was hit by a single bullet and died shortly afterwards on the battlefield. Deprived of their charismatic leader, the Jacobite army fell to looting and squabbling and was defeated three months later at Dunkeld. According to a remarkable journal, transcribed by Ross Laidlaw, this fatal shot, which changed the course of history, was fired by Aprha Behn, the Jacobean poetess and playwright, who had been sent north as a spy by Williams agents. She used an air gun, devised by Isaac Newton, which fired a silver bullet.
No Great Mischief
Author: Alistair MacLeod
Publisher: Emblem Editions
Published: 2012-01-11
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1551995476
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Alexander MacDonald guides us through his family’s mythic past as he recollects the heroic stories of his people: loggers, miners, drinkers, adventurers; men forever in exile, forever linked to their clan. There is the legendary patriarch who left the Scottish Highlands in 1779 and resettled in “the land of trees,” where his descendents became a separate Nova Scotia clan. There is the team of brothers and cousins, expert miners in demand around the world for their dangerous skills. And there is Alexander and his twin sister, who have left Cape Breton and prospered, yet are haunted by the past. Elegiac, hypnotic, by turns joyful and sad, No Great Mischief is a spellbinding story of family, loyalty, exile, and of the blood ties that bind us, generations later, to the land from which our ancestors came.
The Knights Templar and Scotland
Author: Robert Ferguson
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2011-08-26
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 0752469770
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Places and books like Rosslyn Chapel and The Da Vinci code have focused attention on Scotland's Knights Templar. Who they were and what they did has been touched upon, but never properly explored until now. They were close advisors to Scotland's early kings; they were major property owners and respected landlords in a harsh and unforgiving time; and they were secretive and arrogant. But did they really flee from France to Scotland just prior to their arrest in 1307? Did they fight with Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn? In The Knights Templar and Scotland Robert Ferguson intertwines Templar and Scottish history, from the foundation of the order in the early twelfth century right up to the present day. Including a comparison of the arrest of the Templars in France with the Templar Inquisition at Holyrood, and an examination of the part they played at Bannockburn, this is an essential book for anyone with an interest in history of the Knights Templar.
The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.)
Author: J. Pringle Thomson
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2022-07-31
Total Pages: 171
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.)" by J. Pringle Thomson. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Battles of the Jacobite Rebellions
Author: Jonathan Oates
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2020-01-19
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1526735520
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“Oates examines in minute detail why the Jacobite forces posed such a threat to William and Mary, Queen Anne, and George I and II.” —Books Monthly Many books have been written about the Jacobite rebellions—the armed attempts made by the Stuarts to regain the British throne between 1689 and 1746—and in particular about the risings of 1689, 1715, 1719 and 1745. The key battles have been described in graphic detail. Yet no previous book has given a comprehensive military account of the campaigns in their entirety—and that is the purpose of Jonathan Oates’s new history. For over fifty years the Jacobites posed a serious threat to the governments of William and Mary, Queen Anne and George I and II. But they were unable to follow up their victories at Killiecrankie, Prestonpans and Falkirk, and the overwhelming defeat suffered by Bonnie Prince Charlie’s army when it confronted the Duke of Cumberland’s forces at Culloden in 1746 was decisive. The author uses vivid eyewitness testimony and contemporary sources, as well as the latest archaeological evidence, to trace the course of the conflict, and offers an absorbing insight into the makeup of the opposing sides, their leadership, their troops and the strategy and tactics they employed. His distinctive approach gives the reader a long perspective on a conflict which is often viewed more narrowly in terms of famous episodes and the careers of the leading men. “A novel and rewarding approach in providing a comprehensive account of the Jacobite rebellions. This is a story of a family torn apart by religion and entitlement. Highly Recommended.” —Firetrench
Glencoe and the End of the Highland War
Author: Paul Hopkins
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 530
ISBN-13: 1788853954
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Paul Hopkins, an authority on early Jacobitism, sets the Massacre of Glencoe in its true context. The book describes the tensions in the Highlands between the Restoration and the End of the Revolution and the influence on the Highlands of national politics. Besides filling a blank in our knowledge of the Highlands in the decade following the Massacre, the book transforms our perspective on lowlands politics by showing that the Inquiry was part of a secret patriotic campaign to break the aristocracy's political stranglehold and increase the Scottish parliament's powers.
