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Culloden, Scotland's last battle and the forging of the British Empire, Trevor Royle

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Culloden, Scotland's last battle and the forging of the British Empire, Trevor Royle

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-390) and index

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Culloden

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bibliography

Responsibility statement

Trevor Royle

Sub title

Scotland's last battle and the forging of the British Empire

Summary

BRITISH & IRISH HISTORY. 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 men of the Royal Army, galvanized by its success at Culloden, expand dramatically and start to fight campaigns overseas in America and India in order to secure British interests. We see the revolutionary use of fighting techniques first implemented at Culloden, and we see the creation of professional fighting forces Culloden changed the course of British history by ending all hope of the Stuarts reclaiming the throne, cementing Hanoverian rule and forming the bedrock for the creation of the British Empire

Table Of Contents

The heaviest curse that can befall an unhappy people -- Like the savage race they roam for prey -- The end of a bad business -- Bruise those bad seeds spread about this country -- Learning the lessons the hard way -- Over the mountains and over the main -- The world at war : North America -- Paths of glory -- Winning the West : Canada and the Caribbean -- The world at war : India -- The world at war : India -- Forty years on : the end of an old song

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