The last genuine rebellion on British soil, the Jacobite rising of 1745 forms one of the greatest "what ifs" of British history. If Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops had defeated the forces of George II, it is fair to say that the subsequent course of the country's history would have been very different. This volume is a study of the Stuart dynasty's attempts to regain the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in the 18th century. It provides not only a history of the Jacobite cause and the Risings but also studies of Jacobite culture, the financing of Jacobitism, the Jacobite diaspora and Jacobitism and nationalism, as well as a critical review of the major changes in Jacobite scholarship this century.
- ISBN10 0333667972
- ISBN13 9780333667972
- Publish Date 21 September 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 September 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 176
- Language English