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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Pagina 245
... replied Donald , ' thirty thousand pounds ! - though I had gotten't , I could not have enjoyed it eight - and - forty hours . Conscience would have gotten up upon me : that money could not have kept it down . And though I could have ...
... replied Donald , ' thirty thousand pounds ! - though I had gotten't , I could not have enjoyed it eight - and - forty hours . Conscience would have gotten up upon me : that money could not have kept it down . And though I could have ...
Pagina 267
... replied that he had not . ' What would you give for a sight of him ? ' asked John . " Time was ' , replied Angus , ' that I would have given a hearty bottle to see him safe ; but since I see you , I expect to hear some news of him ...
... replied that he had not . ' What would you give for a sight of him ? ' asked John . " Time was ' , replied Angus , ' that I would have given a hearty bottle to see him safe ; but since I see you , I expect to hear some news of him ...
Pagina 291
... replied , ' but to thank your lordships for your goodness to me . God bless you all , and I bid you an everlasting farewell . We shall not meet all in the same place again , I am sure of that . ' ' You'll get that nasty head of yours ...
... replied , ' but to thank your lordships for your goodness to me . God bless you all , and I bid you an everlasting farewell . We shall not meet all in the same place again , I am sure of that . ' ' You'll get that nasty head of yours ...
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