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The King Over the Water: A Complete History of the Jacobites

by Desmond Seward

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Published 4th March 2021
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Shortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award

Few 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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The King Over the Water: A Complete History of the Jacobites
by Desmond Seward

ISBN
9781780276762

Publisher
Birlinn General

Binding
Paperback

Publication date
March 4, 2021

Dimensions
19.6cm x 13.0cm x 3.8cm