num_pages: 212
description: This book is an attempt to span eighteen dramatic years which began with the death of James II in exile at Saint-Germain and ended with the collapse of the third Jacobite rising to convulse Scotland and England in the two opening decades of the eighteenth century.The rebellions of 1708, 1715 and 1719 have always been totally overshadowed by the romance and tragedy of the '45, and yet the '15 in particular had a far better chance of succeeding. The newly arrived Hanoverian dynasty was unpopular and unsteady, the English troops were less than reliable, in Scotland there was still intense bitterness over the Union and the abortive Darien Scheme. Given a more decisive leader, the rebellion could have triumphed. Instead, the sorry series of events which culminated with the battles at Preston and Sheriffmuir guaranteed that the luckless James Francis Edward, the Old Pretender, would never be crowned at Scone, let alone in Westminster Abbey
language: English
title: Inglorious rebellion: the Jacobite risings of 1708, 1715 and 1719
titlecomplete: Inglorious rebellion: the Jacobite risings of 1708, 1715 and 1719
ratings_count: 1
publisher:  Hamish Hamilton, London