Bonnie Prince Charlie: Charles Edward Stuart (Pimlico)

Bonnie Prince Charlie: Charles Edward Stuart (Pimlico)

by Frank Mc Lynn (Author)

Synopsis

In this highly acclaimed study Frank McLynn brings vividly before us the man Charles Edward Stuart who became known to legend as Bonnie Prince Charlie and whose unsuccessful challenge to the Hanoverian throne was followed by the crushing defeat at Culloden in 1746. He argues powerfully that failure was far from inevitable and history in 1745 came close to taking quite a different turn.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 656
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Pimlico
Published: 07 Aug 2003

ISBN 10: 0712605665
ISBN 13: 9780712605663
Book Overview: 'The definitive biography which had been needed for so long' - Times Literary Supplement

Media Reviews
Does much to explain that contradictory accounts left to us of the man -- Rosalind Mitchison * London Review of Books *
A great success, a work...of mature reflection, acute judgement and great humanity -- Jeremy Black * History *
McLynn's splendid and eminently readable biography gives us not Charles the myth but the man -- Kevin Sharpe * The Spectator *
Author Bio
Frank McLynn is a highly regarded historian, who specializes in biographies and military history. He has written over 20 books, including critically acclaimed biographies of Napoleon and Richard the Lionheart. Other books include 1066, Stanley, 1759, and Marcus Aurelius. He is a graduate of Wadham College, Oxford, and London University, where he obtained his doctorate.