Jacobite Movement

by Charles Petrie

The outcome of ten years of research, this book is an attempt to tell the story of Jacobitism as a definite political movement, not as a romance. It is based on original authorities and the author hopes it will help to make several events in British history clear. Contents: background of the restoration; restored monarchy 1660-1688; birth of Jacobitism 1688-1701; plot and counter-plot 1701-1714; fifteen and after 1714-1719; hope and despair 1719-1740; forty-five 1740-1746; Jacobitism underground 1746-1766; the last Stuarts 1766-1807; the aftermath.

566 pages, Hardcover

First published March 28, 2003

About the author

Sir Charles Alexander Petrie, 3rd Baronet, CBE, was a British historian and biographer.

Reviews

[Samuel Weiss · Rating 3 out of 5]

Concludes with an amusing alternative history of Jacobite success in the 45' campaign.

"Everything was peaceful in the legitimism kingdom..."