Bonnie Prince CharlieCanongate, 1998 - 386 pagini This biography portrays the Young Pretender's struggle to rally the clans and restore a Stuart monarch to the British throne. How he nearly succeeded in changing the course of British history is told, as are the accounts of the 1745 Rising and the massacre at Culloden. Prince Charlie's subsequent adventures in France and Italy, until his eventual death in Rome over 40 years later, are also covered. Sir Fitzroy MacLean is the author of Eastern Approaches. |
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... once that was past , there would be no stop , and though we should be long on our march , yet when the whole line was past the defile , they had nothing to do but face left , and in a moment the whole was formed , and then to attack ...
... once that was past , there would be no stop , and though we should be long on our march , yet when the whole line was past the defile , they had nothing to do but face left , and in a moment the whole was formed , and then to attack ...
Pagina 110
Fitzroy Maclean. would be disheartening for his troops , who , once they had advanced , would feel in danger of being cut off . On the other hand , if Wade were once defeated and the North of England cleared of the enemy , the way South ...
Fitzroy Maclean. would be disheartening for his troops , who , once they had advanced , would feel in danger of being cut off . On the other hand , if Wade were once defeated and the North of England cleared of the enemy , the way South ...
Pagina 321
... once protested and it was conveyed to the Pope that , if he allowed the Prince to remain there , his port of Civitavecchia would be bombarded by the Royal Navy . This was a risk His Holiness was not prepared to take and instructions ...
... once protested and it was conveyed to the Pope that , if he allowed the Prince to remain there , his port of Civitavecchia would be bombarded by the Royal Navy . This was a risk His Holiness was not prepared to take and instructions ...
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Lochaber no more | 297 |
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