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A study of the sieges of eight fortresses in Scotland and England during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745-1746.

A biography of General Hawley through six conflicts, focussing on his controversial role in the Jacobite campaign in 1745-1746 and assessing whether his reputation as 'the Hangman' is justified.

Overshadowed by the better known Spanish Armada of 1588, three centuries ago, the final Spanish Armada set sail against England and Scotland. This little known invasion is often treated as part of the little known Jacobite campaign of 1719. However, this invasion and the subsequent campaign in Scotland were part of the virtually unknown War of the Quadruple Alliance. This conflict has never been hitherto covered in a book in the English langua...

There has not been an account of the first attempt made in Scotland to restore the exiled Stuarts at the end of the seventeenth century for three decades, most accounts stop with the death of the movement¿s first leader, ¿Bonnie Dundee¿. This book is the first full length account of the military struggle between forces loyal to the newly established Scottish government and the Jacobite cause. It does this by first considering the political and...

The military aspects of the Jacobite campaigns in eighteenth-century Britain are considered in this study. Taken from the viewpoint of those loyal to the Hanoverian Crown, the three mainland campaigns of 1715� 1719 and 1745�are examined, using research based on primary sources: memoirs, diaries, letters, newspapers and State papers.

The military aspects of the Jacobite campaigns in eighteenth-century Britain are considered in this study. Taken from the viewpoint of those loyal to the Hanoverian Crown, the three mainland campaigns of 1715� 1719 and 1745�are examined, using research based on primary sources: memoirs, diaries, letters, newspapers and State papers.