(Ebook) On Gladsmuir Shall the Battle Be!: The Battle of Prestonpans 1745 by Arran Johnston ISBN 9781914059490, 9781911096672, 9781191151214, 9781911512653, 9781911512837, 1914059492, 1911096672, 1191151212, 191151265X

(Ebook) On Gladsmuir Shall the Battle Be!: The Battle of Prestonpans 1745 by Arran Johnston ISBN 9781914059490, 9781911096672, 9781191151214, 9781911512653, 9781911512837, 1914059492, 1911096672, 1191151212, 191151265X

In the summer of 1745, a charismatic (but inexperienced) young Prince sailed to Scotland - determined to wrest the crowns of Great Britain from the head of George II. In a few short weeks, he raised an army large enough to challenge the government’s forces in Scotland and, against the odds, stormed to a shocking victory over them at the Battle of Prestonpans. Celebrated ever since in song and art, Prestonpans nevertheless proved to be a false dawn on the road to defeat at the Battle of Culloden seven months later, but without his victory at Prestonpans and all the opportunities it provided, Charles Edward Stuart ('Bonnie Prince Charlie') could never have invaded England and his short uprising would then have been but a footnote in the history of Georgian Britain.