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"A vigorous, authoritative history of the last major battle fought between Scottish and English forces, resulting in the formation of the bedrock of the British Empire. The Battle of Culloden in 1746 has gone down in history as the last major battle fought on British soil: a vicious confrontation between the English Royal Army and the Scottish forces supporting the Stuart claim to the throne. But this wasn't just a conflict between the Scots and the English: the battle was also part of a much larger campaign to protect the British Isles from the growing threat of a French invasion. In Trevor Royle's vivid and evocative narrative, we are drawn into the ranks, on both sides, alongside doomed Jacobites fighting fellow Scots dressed in the red coats of the Duke of Cumberland's Royal Army. And we meet the Duke himself, a skilled warrior who would gain notoriety because of the reprisals on Highland clans in the battle's aftermath. Royle also takes us beyond the battle as the Royal Army, galvanized by its success at Culloden, expands dramatically and start to fight campaigns overseas in America and India in order to secure British interests. Culloden changed the course of British history--by ending all hope of the Stuarts reclaiming the throne and cementing Hanoverian rule to form the bedrock for the creation of the British Empire. Royle's lively and provocative history looks afresh at the period and unveils its true significance, not only as the end of a struggle for the throne but the beginning of a new global power."--Dust jacket.
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Culloden, Battle of, Scotland, 1746, Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746, History, Culloden, battle of, scotland, 1746, Great britain, colonies, history, Bataille de Culloden, Écosse, 1746, British colonies, Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century, Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Histoire -- 18e siècle, ScotlandPlaces
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Culloden: Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire
Mar 01, 2021, Tantor and Blackstone Publishing
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1665287462 9781665287463
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Culloden: Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire
2017, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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0349138656 9780349138657
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Culloden: Scotland's last battle and the forging of the British Empire
2016
in English
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
1681772361 9781681772363
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