Author : Peter Harrington
Release : 1996-06-15
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 293/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Culloden 1746 by : Peter Harrington
Download or read book Culloden 1746 written by Peter Harrington. This book was released on 1996-06-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culloden marked the end of the last and greatest of the Jacobite adventures - the '45 Rebellion - in which the Highland clans challenged the power of the Hanoverian King of England. It was at Culloden that Charles Edward Stuart's army was finally defeated. His tired Highlanders had little chance against the steady infantry and heavy artillery fire of the English. Peter Harrington examines all aspects of the battle, including its background, the earlier Highlander victories, the men and commanders of both sides, and the massacre that took place in its aftermath.