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1715: The Great Jacobite Rebellion
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1715: The Great Jacobite Rebellion. By Daniel Szechi. (New Haven: Yale University Press. 2006. Pp. xvi, 351. $50.00.)
The Fifteen, perhaps the last feasible rebeËion aimed at restoring a Catholic dynasty in Britain, has been overshadowed by the Forty-Five: since 1900, I count only two previous books devoted to the first; very many to the second. Charles Edward Stuart's quixotic gamble captured imaginations in generations shaped by Romanticism, but Jacobite studies are increasingly dominated by hard realists, by archival scholars, and by serious students of the counterfactual. Of this…
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1715: The Great Jacobite Rebellion.(Book review)
1715: The Great Jacobite Rebellion, by Daniel...8 September 1715 a cadre of...peace with Great Britain, and...late summer of 1715 as a fortuitous...raised the Jacobite standard on...understanding why a rebellion could break... |
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1715: The Great Jacobite Rebellion
1715: The Great Jacobite Rebellion. By Daniel Szechi. (New Haven...generations shaped by Romanticism, but Jacobite studies are increasingly dominated...and 40 per cent of the population in 1715), attentive even to the signs and... |
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1715 The Great Jacobite Rebellion.(Brief article)(Book review)
1715 The Great Jacobite Rebellion. Daniel Szechi...reassess the 1715 uprising but...the state of Jacobite feeling. He then traces the rebellion itself and...life after 1715. The uprising...Szechi has made great use of sources... |
 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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A glorious past stretches back to Jacobite uprising.
...in World War II. The regiment was formed in 1715, in the aftermath of the Jacobite rebellion, when trusted clansmen were organised into...British troops were defeated, the regiment won great distinction for its bravery. One French officer... |
 "Berwick Advertiser (Berwick upon Tweed, England)")
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Duke of Berwick among stars of new book on royal 'indiscretions'.
...prominence during the Jacobite War in Ireland, when...admired by Frederick the Great, who was no slouch himself...had James fought in the 1715 Jacobite rebellion. He was initially prepared...It's one of the great 'what-ifs' of history... |
 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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Law in genes for oldest family firm; In association with RBS.(Business)
...Gibson's great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great-grandson - is the 10th generation of the family...Catholics, the family supported the ill-fated 1715 Jacobite Rebellion against George I. Jasper's brother died in Newgate... |
 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Proud regiment shows its hackles.
...unique way the regiment was raised. In the wake of the 1715 Jacobite rebellion, companies of Highlanders-were raised from the...a defeat for the British troops, the regiment won great distinction for its bravery. One French officer described... |
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Picturesque village is steeped in rich history; Around the region The village...
...setting is a haven for wildlife, while also being a great place to explore on foot. The village is brimming...Crewe, and sister to Tom Forster who plotted the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion. Blanchland's Premonstratensian Monastery was founded... |
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A full and franc account
The Great Nation: France from Louis XIV to Napoleon Colin Jones Allen Lane, GBP 25 THE "great man" view of history took a severe...middlemen grew fabulously wealthy. The 1715 Jacobite rebellion, for instance, was bankrolled by the... |
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Pudding time for Whigs
1715: THE GREAT JACOBITE REBELLION by Daniel Szechi...general election of 1715 was held amid violence...near-hysteria in Jacobite circles in expectation...translate into rebellion in England outside...45, but with great clarity Szechi... |
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