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Books about
Kings, Queens and Famous Scots
Bonnie Prince Charlie - Robert the Bruce
Mary Queen of Scots
Rob Roy - William Wallace - Robert Burns
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The Flight of Bonnie Prince Charlie
Bonnie Prince Charlie fled from the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. The manhunt for this last Stuart pretender created a legend that still endures in the Scottish Highlands.
This is a thrilling chronicle of a massive pursuit and daring escape, set against the backdrop of a wild, beautiful, but treacherous landscape. The text is enhanced with numerous color photographs that emphasize the beauty of the Highlands.
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On the Trail of Bonnie Prince Charlie
This book follows the life of Charles Edward Stuart, the young pretender. The author, David R. Ross, sets out on his motorbike on the trail of Bonnie Prince Charlie from England to Scotland and the Isle of Skye. The locations are shown with maps and drawings.
It includes a simplified family tree and battle plans of Prestonpans, Clifton, Falkirk and Culloden.
Take this book with you on your travels and follow the route taken by the Jacobites on their ill-fated march.
This 192-page paperback is the second edition by Luath Press (October 2000).
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The Private Passions of Bonnie Prince Charlie
Hugh Douglas shows that Bonnie Prince Charlie was a man capable of passionate love. As well the torrid affair with the young Duchesse de Montbazon in Paris and the tragic tale of Clementine Wilkinshaw, which resulted in a child, the author looks at the Prince's other relationships with women, from the formative one with his mother, to his disastrous late dynastic marriage to Louise de Stolberg, in which he was left a lonely, elderly cuckold, comforted by his daughter in his last years.
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Bonnie Prince Charlie Video
Produced and sold by Albavision in Inverness, this exclusive video
retraces the Prince's footsteps through the romantic scenery of the Highlands and Hebrides
in a tapestry of vision, music and verse.
Full details......
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Flora MacDonald: The Most Loyal Rebel
Her name will forever be entwined with Bonnie Prince Charlie and the story of his escape.
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The Kings and Queens of England and Scotland
Super hardcover book (224 pages) by Plantagenet Somerset Fry who also produced the castles book above.
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On the Trail of Robert the Bruce
Take this book with you on while you tour around Scotland and follow in the footsteps of this great King.
The History Channel consulted author David Ross for their programme on William Wallace and a British national newspaper, The Mail, gave him a regular column. David is a highly patriotic Scot whose writing reflects a lifelong passion for Scottish history and a voracious appetite for every last detail that can be unearthed about Wallace and Bruce, surely two of the greatest Scots ever. His style is chatty, informative and approachable.
This 192-page paperback includes details of 67 places to visit in Scotland and elsewhere, Bannockburn battle plan, location maps, rarely seen illustrations, etc.
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Robert the Bruce: King of Scots
An up-to-date study of the hero of the Scottish War of Independence in the 14th century.
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On the Trail of Mary Queen of Scots
A thorough guide to places connected with perhaps the most romantic figure in Scotland's history, this book is also a guide to the complexities of the tragic queen's personal and public life.
A very readable 192-page paperback including details of places to visit, location maps, illustrations, etc.
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Mary Queen of Scots
The excellent biography by famous author Antonia Fraser of the woman who lost her head and the throne.
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Rob Roy Macgregor: His Life and Times
The story of one of Scotland's most well-known heroes from his beginnings with his herds at Balquhidder, through his adventures against the local dukes and the Redcoats just after the Jacobite Rebellion to his arrest, sentencing and eventual pardon.
If you saw the movie, you will enjoy reading the true story of Rob Roy in Murray's book.
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Rob Roy
Sir Walter Scott's original and famous atmospheric novel written in 1817 follows the adventures of heroic Rob Roy and is a good way of digesting the history of the Jacobite period.
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William Wallace
The 'Braveheart hero'. Excellent biography by Peter Reese.
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On the Trail of William Wallace
Publisher's review:
'On the Trail of William Wallace offers a refreshing insight into the life and heritage of the great Scots hero whose proud story is at the very heart of what ir means to be Scottish, and whose effect on the ordinary Scot through the ages is manifest in the many sites where his memory is marked.
In trying to piece together the jigsaw of the reality of Wallace's life, David Ross weaves a subtle flow of new information with his own observations. His engaging, thoughtful and at times amusing narrative reads with the ease of a historical novel, complete with all the intrigue, treachery and romance required to hold the attention of the casual reader and still entice the more knowledgeable historian.
On the Trail of William Wallace will be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in Scotland, from the passing tourist to the most fervent nationalist. It is an encyclopaedia-cum-guide book, literally stuffed with fascinating tidbits not usually on offer in the conventional history books.'
The books includes maps and battle plans, plus details of 74 places to visit in Scotland and the north of England. There is also a chapter on Wallace connections in North America and elsewhere.
157-page paperback.
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On the Trail of Robert Burns
Publisher's review:
For anyone intent on (literally) following in the footsteps of Rabbie Burns, this is the book. John Cairney makes the ideal travelling companion - knowledgeable about Burns's biography and haunts without being heavy, witty without being trite, controversial without being argumentative for the sake of it.'
A very readable 192-page paperback including details of 100 places to visit, location maps, illustrations, etc.
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