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Desmond Seward - King Over the Water, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

King Over the Water

A Complete History of the Jacobites

Av Desmond Seward

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Shortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year AwardFew 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.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2021-03-04
  • Mått: 127 x 196 x 41 mm
  • Vikt: 454 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 416
  • Förlag: Birlinn General
  • ISBN: 9781780276762
  • Utmärkelser: Short-listed for Military History Matters Book of the Year 2020
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Desmond Seward was educated at Ampleforth and St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. One of the most highly regarded popular historians of his generation, he was the author of numerous books, ranging from studies of medieval kings to biographies of Napoleon and Hitler, to a history of the Jacobite era. His books The Hundred Years’ War and The Wars of the Roses are regarded as standard works on their subjects. He died in April 2022.

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'Highly readable, with brilliantly rendered characters, and thrilling tales of deceit and espionage. Seward writes of the Jacobites from a sympathetic point of view. Yet he does not shy away from the fact that, the Jacobites were never seriously in with a chance of restoring their rule'

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