Ascanius : or, the young adventurer; a true history. Translated from a manuscript privately handed about at the court of Versailles. Containing, A particular Account of all that happen'd to a certain Person during his Wanderings in the North, from his first Arrival there, in August 1745, to his final Escape September 19, in the following Year. The whole introduced with a more critical and candid History of the Rise, Progress, and Extinction of the late Rebellion, than any yet publish'd; and interspersed with Remarks on the Characters of the principal Persons who appear'd in the Interest of Ascanius; particularly the celebrated Miss Cameron, Miss Mac Donald, the Duke of Perth, the Earl of Kilmarnock, Messieurs Sherridan and Sullivan, &c. &c.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffiths, Ralph, 1720-1803.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746.

Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788.

Charles Edward.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288p.,plate )

Other Title:

Ascanius

Place of Publication:

London : printed for T. Johnston, in Salisbury-Court, Fleet-Street, 1746.

Notes:

Anonymous. By Ralph Griffith.

The 'printed for G. Smith' undated edition which was printed in December 1746, has text identical to pp.114-224 of this edition.

Ascanius = Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T22532.

OCLC:

642549141