Opening Mrs. A. T. Thomson’s three-volume survey of Jacobitism, this first volume introduces the leaders and supporters of the 1715 rising — the first major attempt to restore the Stuart dynasty after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Through carefully researched biographies, Thomson brings to life the earls, lairds, and soldiers who rallied to the Old Pretender’s cause.
Written with narrative skill and genuine sympathy for her subjects, Thomson’s work illuminates the social and political world of early eighteenth-century Scotland and northern England. Download the free EPUB to begin this compelling biographical history of British Jacobitism.