In telling the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie, this book, unusually, places his ancestry, birth and life against the Scoto-Polish and pan-European backgrounds of his parents¿ families.With over one hundred and fifty illustrations, including seventy portraits, the selection shows those rarely or never-before included in other works, while the captions are extensive and detailed. The cover shows a portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie that was in a private collection and unknown to the general public until 2018.The third distinguishing factor is that the book presents the full story of the prince¿s only child, Charlotte, Duchess of Albany (Robert Burns¿ ¿Bonnie Lass of Albany¿); her mother, the tragic Scottish Jacobite Clementina Walkinshaw; and Charlotte Stuart¿s children, describing their fates during and after the French Revolution.First published by Amberley in 2010, this edition of Bonnie Prince Charlie has been rewritten and updated. It features on the cover a portrait of Bonnie Prince
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<P>Originally published in 1988, this biography was the result of 15 years research, including unearthing 70,000 letters and documents among the Stuart Papers which had hitherto lain largely untapped. Written in many different languages, some were...
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<p>Part of a series of guides on key figures and themes, this book follows the life of Charles Edward Stuart, the young pretender. The author sets out on his motorbike on the trail of Bonnie Prince Charlie from England to Scotland and the Isle of...
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Scottish heroes and heroines pack of five books: The Story of William Wallace, Mary Queen of Scots, The Story of Robert the Bruce, The Story of Bonnie Prince Charlie, The Story of Rob Roy. Exciting stories with timelines at the back that show the importance...
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