An edition of Culloden (2016)

Culloden

Scotland's last battle and the forging of the British Empire

First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.

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An edition of Culloden (2016)

Culloden

Scotland's last battle and the forging of the British Empire

First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.

"A vigorous, authoritative history of the last major battle fought between Scottish and English forces, resulting in the formation of the bedrock of the British Empire. The Battle of Culloden in 1746 has gone down in history as the last major battle fought on British soil: a vicious confrontation between the English Royal Army and the Scottish forces supporting the Stuart claim to the throne. But this wasn't just a conflict between the Scots and the English: the battle was also part of a much larger campaign to protect the British Isles from the growing threat of a French invasion. In Trevor Royle's vivid and evocative narrative, we are drawn into the ranks, on both sides, alongside doomed Jacobites fighting fellow Scots dressed in the red coats of the Duke of Cumberland's Royal Army. And we meet the Duke himself, a skilled warrior who would gain notoriety because of the reprisals on Highland clans in the battle's aftermath. Royle also takes us beyond the battle as the Royal Army, galvanized by its success at Culloden, expands dramatically and start to fight campaigns overseas in America and India in order to secure British interests. Culloden changed the course of British history--by ending all hope of the Stuarts reclaiming the throne and cementing Hanoverian rule to form the bedrock for the creation of the British Empire. Royle's lively and provocative history looks afresh at the period and unveils its true significance, not only as the end of a struggle for the throne but the beginning of a new global power."--Dust jacket.

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Language
English
Pages
409

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Culloden: Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire
Mar 01, 2021, Tantor and Blackstone Publishing
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Culloden: Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire
2017, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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Culloden: Scotland's last battle and the forging of the British Empire
2016
in English - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.

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Table of Contents

The heaviest curse that can befall an unhappy people
Like the savage race they roam for prey
The end of a bad business
Bruise those bad seeds spread about this country
Learning the lessons the hard way
Over the mountains and over the main
The world at war : North America
Paths of glory
Winning the West : Canada and the Caribbean
The world at war : India
The world at war : Europe
Forty years on : the end of an old song.

Edition Notes

Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-390) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
941.107/2
Library of Congress
DA814.5 .R69 2016b, DA814.5 +

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 409 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
409

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27222654M
Internet Archive
cullodenscotland0000royl
ISBN 10
1681772361
ISBN 13
9781681772363
OCLC/WorldCat
940362349
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B01E9EHWBC

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