The Stuart pretenders
Subtitle: a history of the Jacobite movement
By: by Charles Petrie
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 1935
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Jacobites; Jacobites (Histoire de Grande-Bretagne); History; Histoire
Description: "Jacobitism (Irish: Seacaibíteachas, Scottish Gaelic: Seumasachas) refers to the political movement in Great Britain and Ireland to restore the Roman Catholic Stuart King James II of England and his heirs to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland. The movement took its name from Jacobus, the Latinised form of James, and refers to a long series of Jacobite risings between 1688 and 1746. After James II was deposed in 1688 and replaced by his daughter Mary II, ruling jointly with her husband and first cousin (James's nephew) William III, the Stuarts lived in exile, occasionally attempting to regain the throne. The strongholds of Jacobitism were the Scottish Highlands, Ireland and Northern England. Some support also existed in Wales."--Wikipedia.
Notes: London edition published in 1932 (Eyre and Spottiswoode)--has title: The Jacobite movement.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-307) and index.