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Jacobites : a new history of the '45 rebellion
The 1745 Jacobite Rebellion was a turning point in British history. It continues to be obscured by fiction and myth, as personified by the heroic, gallant but doomed 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' pitted against the heartless victor, 'Butcher' Cumberland. In the years 1745-46, nothing was certain. While utilizing past and recent scholarship, this account draws extensively on a wealth of contemporary sources, revealing the thoughts and feelings of the most important participants and local eyewitnesses as these extraordinary events played out.
Book
The recently discovered portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart by Rosalba Camera (1673-1757)
Corp focuses on the recently discovered portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart by Rosalba Carriera. Prince Charles Stuart did not leave Italy until 1744 when he was 23 years old. From those 23 years, 11 different painted portraits were recorded, of which there are about 40 replicas and contemporary copies. The other 10 were commissioned by Charles's farther James and painted to his specifications, or at least painted to show Charles as his father wanted him to be portrayed. The exception, which is a pastel painted in Venice rather than Rome Italy, has been known from various copies. But the original portrait, which is by the great Rosalba Camera (1673-1757), had never been publicly displayed until it was presented at the National Museum of Scotland in Apr 2019. Rosalba Carriera was probably the best, and surely the most famous artist, male or female, who ever painted Charles's portrait.
Journal Article
Sex, Scandal, and Celebrity in Late Eighteenth-Century England
This book tells the story of the bitter feud between the Duchess of Kingston and the actor, Samuel Foote, which resulted in a pair of scandalous trials in London in the revolutionary year of 1776.
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The love of a prince : Bonnie Prince Charlie in France, 1744-1748
The product of a decade of research in the Stuart Papers at Windsor Castle, this revealing history of Bonnie Prince Charlie brings to light a fascinating new details of the prince's life, including evidence of a short-lived son, born in Paris scarcely two years after the royal fugitive escaped to France following the unlucky Battle of Culloden.
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The Myths About the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion
\"The [Scottish] 1745 Rebellion has become part of the romantic heritage in both British and Scottish history. At the time there was little romance to it. The many myths and misconceptions about Bonnie Prince Charlie and his followers need to be corrected and the glamorous image of the Rebellion eradicated.\" (Historian) Author A.E. MacRobert examines popular myths and misconceptions surrounding the 1745 Scottish rebellion. MacRobert asserts that the rebellion \"was not just an isolated occurrence like a meteor suddenly appearing and then disappearing without trace\" and that the \"defeat of the Jacobites ended decades of political uncertainty.\"
Journal Article
Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites – Edited by David Forsyth
This exhibition, held at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, 23 June-12 November 2017, is reviewed.
Book Review
Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites: Edinburgh
Cowan reviews Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites, an exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Book Review
Prince Charlie 'heir' returns to reveal last secret of the Stuarts
Bonnie Prince Charlie's long lost heir was revealed yesterday. His name is Peter Pininski, he works as a banker and he lives in Warsaw. By Mr Pininski's count, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, son of a Polish princess, was his great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather. The crucial discovery claimed in his book is that one of Charles's granddaughters, Marie Victoire, gave birth to a son in 1806. Historians have tended to presume the granddaughters died childless. But Mr Pininski has traced Marie-Victoire's baptismal, marriage and death certificates and letters. He has also found the birth certificate of her son, later Antime, Chevalier de Nikorowicz.
Newspaper Article