Outlander and the Real Jacobites: Scotland's Fight for the Stuarts

by Shona Kinsella

Overview

Outlander has brought the story of the 1745 Jacobite uprising to the popular imagination, but who were the Jacobites, really? Explore this pivotal moment in Scottish history, visiting some of the key locations from Jamie and Claire’s travels. Discover what clan life was really like, read about medicine in the 1700s and find out whether the red coats were really as bad as Jack Randall. Meet Bonnie Prince Charlie and explore how he managed to inspire an uprising from France and then storm England with a force of no more than 5,000 soldiers. Witness the battle of Culloden and what really happened there, before exploring the aftermath of this final attempt for a Stuart restoration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781399004718
Publisher:	Pen and Sword
Publication date:	04/13/2022
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x (d)

About the Author

Shona Kinsella is the author of 'The Vessel of KalaDene' series as well as fantasy novellas 'Petra MacDonald and the Queen of the Fae' and 'The Flame and the Flood'. She is the editor of the British Fantasy Society’s fiction publication BFS Horizons. She lives in the West of Scotland with her husband and three children.

Table of Contents

Concerning Dates viii

Introduction ix

Part 1 Highland Life in the 1700s

Chapter 1 The MacKenzies and the Frasers - What Was Clan Life Really Like? 2

The MacKenzies 4

The Frasers 6

Chapter 2 Claire the Hostage - How Were Women Treated in the Highlands? 8

Chapter 3 A Twentieth Century Nurse Practicing Eighteenth Century Medicine 13

Chapter 4 Witches or Time Travellers? 17

Chapter 5 Who Were the Redcoats? 21

Jonathan Wolverton Randall 22

Chapter 6 Outlander Locations 25

Fort William 25

Wentworth Prison 27

Castle Leoch 29

Lallybroch 30

Cranesmuir 31

Part 2 Bonnie Prince Charlie and the King Across the Water

Chapter 7 Charlie's Early Life and Claim to the Throne 34

King James III and VIII 34

Charlie's Early Life 36

Chapter 8 Charles in France; Jamie and Claire Come to Visit 40

Louis XV 41

Charles in Paris 43

Chapter 9 Charles Arrives in Scotland 49

Part 3 The Campaign

Chapter 10 Edinburgh 54

Perth 54

Edinburgh 56

Setting Up Court 58

Chapter 11 Prestonpans 61

Chapter 12 Building an Army 66

Chapter 13 Heading South 72

Chapter 14 Carlisle 75

Marshall Wade 78

Chapter 15 Traveling South Again 80

Chapter 16 Manchester 83

Chapter 17 The British Forces 86

Chapter 18 On the Continent 90

Chapter 19 Derby 92

Part 4 The Retreat

Chapter 20 The Race North 98

Chapter 21 Carlisle Again 102

Chapter 22 Glasgow 105

Chapter 23 Falkirk 110

Stirling 115

Chapter 24 Cumberland in Scotland 120

Chapter 25 Inverness 122

Part 5 Culloden

Chapter 26 Spring 126

Chapter 27 The Night March 132

Chapter 28 The Battle of Culloden 137

Chapter 29 Flight 144

Part 6 The Aftermath

Chapter 30 Charles Travels to France 148

Chapter 31 Elsewhere in Scotland 153

Chapter 32 Trial and Execution 157

Chapter 33 The Highlands 165

The Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1746 165

The Act of Proscription 1746 166

Military Building 169

Roads 170

Ordnance Survey Maps 172

The Highland Clearances 173

Epilogue 175

Appendix 1 Jacobite Timeline 177

Appendix 2 Major Players and Clan Affiliations 180

Acknowledgements 182

Bibliography 184

Endnotes 193

Editorial Reviews

Shona does a wonderful job taking you step by step. From Bonnie Prince Charlie in France and then Scotland, to the Campaign and the lead up to Culloden and the sad aftermath that changed the Scottish way of life.

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