The life of one of Scotland's most romantic and tragic figures. King James II's eldest legitimate grandson, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, known everywhere as 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', achieved international fame at the age of twenty-five as the man who by his charisma, daring and energy led the Rising of 1745 against George II which all but succeeded in restoring his exiled royal family - the Stuarts - to their thrones of Scotland, England and Ireland. The romance of this dramatic military episode and the legend of the prince's extraordinary months on the run in the Western Highlands after his defeat at Culloden in 1746, eclipse the deeply human story of a brilliant but flawed man. Biographies of Bonnie Prince Charlie often focus on the 1745 Rising. But this new biography charts his early life and also vividly relates the story of the prince's only child and heir and three hidden grandchildren whose previously untold lives were described by the Daily Mail as 'one of the best kept secrets in Scottish history'.
Recenzijos
'Historical bombshell reveals Royal Stuart conspiracy' THE SUNDAY POST 'Much new information here about the Stuart dynasty' THE SCOTS MAGAZINE 'The spectre of Bonnie Prince Charlie still haunted England long after his failed invasion' THE SUNDAY HERALD
Foreword Prologue
1. Papa Wagner: Prince's Parents (1717-1719)
2. The
Road Home: Upbringing in Rome (1719-1745)
3. The Rising: From Glenfinnan to
Culloden (1745-1746)
4. Drummossie Moor: Disaster, Flight and Exile (1746)
5.
Expulsion from France: Love and Banishment (1746-1749)
6. Flight from
Carlsbourg: Plots and Parenthood (1749-1760)
7. Lochaber No More: Marriage,
Separation, Reconciliation (1760-1789)
8. The Prince's Heirs: Secret Family
and Polish Exile (1776-1859) Postscript Notes Suggested Further Reading List
of Illustrations Index
Peter Pininski lives in Warsaw and is a Sotheby-trained art historian and ex-investment bank director. He has written extensively on the exiled royal Stuarts and lectured in Britain for institutions such as the National Trust for Scotland and the Stewart Society as well as having been invited to appear as a guest speaker at the Edinburgh Book Festival.
