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The King Over the Water
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Delve into the intriguing tale of a king in exile and his devoted followers
Loyalty, betrayal, and a crown lost, the dramatic saga of the Stuart succession
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About the Ebook
Shortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award
Few causes have given rise to such dramatic tales of loyalty, passion and betrayal as the Jacobite dream of restoring the Stuarts to the British throne.
Although its failure brought savage retribution from the Hannoverians, the Jacobite flame continued to burn decades after Culloden.This is the first modern history of the entire Jacobite movement in Scotland, England and Ireland, from the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 that drove James II into exile and the death of his grandson, Cardinal Henry, Duke of York, in 1807.
The Battle of Culloden and Bonnie Prince Charlie's flight through the heather are well known, but not the other risings and plots that involved half of Europe and even revolutionary America. The King Over the Water weaves together all the strands of this gripping saga into a vivid, sweeping narrative, full of insight, analysis and anecdote.
Why You'll Love This Ebook
- Discover the real history behind one of Scotland's most romantic legends
- Follow the political intrigue and personal tragedy of a royal dynasty
- Understand how exile and loss shaped Scotland's cultural identity
- Read another celebrated title from Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher
'Swift and cinematic, with neatly sketched character portraits' Financial Times
'Seward's best work — a rollickingly, splendidly chronological history' The Herald
'A bracingly revisionist history' The Telegraph
'Seward's clear-sighted examination of the Jacobite movement shows how close it came to succeeding' The Scotsman
'Highly readable, with brilliantly rendered characters, and thrilling tales of deceit and espionage' Military History Monthly
'An outstanding contribution to our understanding of a complex and extended passage of history — deserves to be widely read' Undiscovered Scotland
About the Author
Desmond Seward was educated at Ampleforth and St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. Among the most highly regarded popular historians of his generation, he was the author of some thirty books, including biographies of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry V, Richard III, Marie Antoinette and Metternich. He died in 2022.
Publication Details
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Publication Date: 03 October 2019
Print Length: 384 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9781788853071
Format: Ebook
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