The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746): (bell's Scottish History Source Books.)

This source book captures one of history's most romantic and tragic sagas: Scotland's half-century struggle to restore the Stuart monarchy after James II was deposed in 1688. Pringle Thomson assembles the essential documents, letters, and accounts that illuminate three major rebellions, from the desperate early rising at Killiecrankie through the doomed march of the 1745 Jacobite army to its shattering defeat at Culloden. The book reveals not merely battles and treaties, but the human drama of a people divided, as clansmen followed chiefs, Catholics faced Protestants, and ancient loyalties collided with the new reality of Hanoverian Britain. For anyone seeking to understand how a nation lost its king twice and never quite stopped mourning, this collection provides the primary evidence in their own words.