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BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE PART THREE – THE ’45

  In my previous blogs I’ve looked at the childhood and adolescence of Prince Charles, and the events which led to his decision to mount an expedition to Scotland in the summer of 1745. Now I want to examine his decisions and behaviour during the rising itself. When he landed on Eriskay, the reception he received was not what he had hoped for. Having spent the night in a poor crofter’s cottage, which Charles endured cheerfully, he was brought the bad news that the two great Skye chiefs would not rise for him, as he had not brought French troops. […]

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BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE PART TWO – THE LEAD UP TO THE ’45

  The Jacobite Chronicles start in 1742 with Richard Cunningham returning home after his father’s death to discover that the inheritance he was expecting is only a dream, whilst his sister has been left a huge dowry, inaccessible to either of them unless she marries. His subsequent decision sets in train the events that occupy the Chronicles. In the background to all this are the actions of the real-life Prince Charles, whose decisions were as life-changing for his followers as Richard’s were for Beth. The prince had spent the years leading up to his twenty-first birthday building his physical prowess […]

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