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A compleat and authentick history of the rise, progress, and extinction of the late rebellion : and of the proceedings against the principal persons concerned therein. Containing A clear and impartial Narrative of the Intrigues of the Pretender's Adherents before the Breaking out of their Design in North-Britain; their Proceedings after their taking Arms; their Actions in that Part of the Island before they marched Southwards; their March to Derby, and true Reasons of their Retreat; the Dispute at Falkirk, and Motives of their transferring the War into the Highlands; with the principal Causes of their Defeat at Culloden. Intersporsed with the Characters of their Chic-Leaders, and a curious Detail of their Negotiations abroad. The whole composed with the greatest Accuracy possible in regard in Fact and Dates, and free from all Mixture of fictitious Circumstances, or ill-grounded Conjectures. Adorned and illustrated with exact plans of the battles of Falkirk and Culloden, and the Heads of the Young Adventurer, the Earls of Cromarty and Kilmarnock, Lords Balmerino and Lovat, and Mr. Radcliffe, with an exact Representation of the Beheading of Lord Lovat, all neatly engraved on Copper.
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- Book
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746--Early works to 1800.
- Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746.
- Scotland--History--18th century.
- Scotland.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 68 pages,plates : portraits ; 8⁰
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : printed for E. and J. Exshaw, at the Bible on Cork-Hill, MDCCXLVII. [1747]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Based on the detailed account which Henry Fielding published weekly in 'The true patriot'.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T78606.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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