1745: A Military History Of The Last Jacobite Uprising - Hardcover

Reid, Stuart

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1885119283 ISBN 13: 9781885119285

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1996

Synopsis

The Jacobite Rising of 1745 has long since passed from history into legend, and in the process the truth about what really happened during those ten months has become entangled in romantic myth. Many books have been published about the '45, examining almost every aspect of the political and dynastic struggle which it represented, except the most important: the military campaign which decided the outcome of that struggle once and for all. Stuart Reid's rigorous new analysis of the Highland resistance to British rule—drawing upon years of primary research and walking the actual battlefields—provides for the first time a properly balanced account of the last military engagements to be fought on British soil.At the heart of this study is a penetrating examination of the two armies involved—their strengths, weaknesses, and very different tactical doctrines. Weaving this thorough understanding of how those armies fought into previously neglected eyewitness accounts with a detailed examination of the ground on which the battles were fought, Stuart Reid presents an important new contribution to eighteenth century military history.

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About the Author:

Stuart Reid was born in Aberdeen in 1954. Originally trained as a Librarian he moved on to more exciting things, working at a variety of jobs before joining the army and serving in the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, attaining the rank of Sniper Sergeant. The author of Like Hungry Wolves, he is now a surveyor, writer, and filmmaker.

From Publishers Weekly:

Elizabeth Davis's first book, Heart & Hands, is often considered the bible for practicing midwives. Now Davis has teamed up with fellow midwife Carol Leonard to attend to all stages in a woman's life, by imagining and exploring 13 positive archetypes. Among the archetypes presented in The Women's Wheel of Life are familiar ones like the Crone and the Maiden, but also new ones, such as the Matriarch and the Priestess, that apply to women in midlife. (Viking, $22.95 256p ISBN 0-670-86227-4) Appearing on the heels of two popular films about Scottish history, Braveheart and Rob Roy, Stuart Reid's 1745 offers a military history of the attempt by Bonnie Prince Charlie and his House of Stuart to regain the throne of England and Scotland. The text covers the prince's 10-month campaign, which climaxed-250 years ago-in the Battle of Culloden, which was the focus of Reid's Like Hungry Wolves. Illustrations. (Sarpedon, $24.95 264p ISBN 1-885119-28-3)

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About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1885119283
• ISBN 13: 9781885119285
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232