The Road to Culloden Moor: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the 1745

The Road to Culloden Moor: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the 1745 Rebellion

How and more importantly why did Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, and his failed campaign of 1745, find such an enduring place in our popular memory.

How did a half-Polish prince, born in Rome, and speaking English with an Italian accent, become the Bonnie Prince Charlie of ballad, poem and song?

Charles was helped by his outstanding good looks and his presence and personal magnetism.

He had inherited a legend that had begun in 1688 when his grandfather, James II, fled to France. He had an unshakeable belief in his right to the Crown and his ability to repossess it. Brought up in a court of Jacobite exiles, his earliest memories were stories of the throne that, he considered, was rightfully his.

â€˜The Road to Culloden Moorâ€™ explores two phases in Charlesâ€™ life. Firstly, the series of dazzling successes that took Charles within striking distance of London, but which culminated in the disaster of Culloden, the last battle fought on English soil.

Secondly - his escape after Culloden and his flight into the Highlands - the period which has fixed him so firmly into our collective consciousness.

From the victories to the defeats Diana Preston recounts Charlesâ€™s journey with historical accuracy and excitement.

'â€¦ the story of `Charlies's year' is accomplished with verve and zest.' - The Times Literary Supplement

â€˜Preston has a good story to tell and she tells it well â€¦ Prestonâ€™s portrait of a man whose life ended in total failure does set you thinkingâ€™ - Daily Telegraph

Diana Preston is a historian, writer and broadcaster. She is the author of the acclaimed; â€˜A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Poleâ€™, â€˜Besieged in Peking: The Story of the 1900 Boxer Risingâ€™, â€˜Cleopatra and Antonyâ€™ and â€˜Before the Fall-Out. The Human Chain Reaction from Marie Curie to Hiroshimaâ€™. With her husband Michael, she has co-authored â€˜A Pirate of Exquisite Mindâ€™ and â€˜A Teardrop on the Cheek of Timeâ€™. She lives in London.

Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.

Country	USA
Author	Diana Preston
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Endeavour Press
Manufacturer	Endeavour Press
NumberOfPages	237
PublicationDate	2014-09-01
Publisher	Endeavour Press
ReleaseDate	2014-09-01
Studio	Endeavour Press

The Road to Culloden Moor: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the 1745 Rebellion

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