Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Relief
I had a conversation with someone who was giving a talk on Jacobite uprisings and Bonnie Prince Charlie’s amazing escape. When I suggested maybe the British Navy didn’t want to catch him and were relieved […]
Tag: Bonnie Prince Charlie
Rebirth
Like everything else we all need a rest. I have just taken over the local co-ordinator for the poetry group but that should not be such a drag on my time that I can not […]
Bank of England
The Bank of England was fifty one years old, not yet retiral age, when it was almost destroyed by the Scots. In 1745 the Scottish Highlanders under Bonnie Prince Charlie invaded England, got as far […]
An Auld Alliance with Poland
The Polish Princess risks much to wed James III
Highland Road Maps
It was only when I learned that Roy of the Ordinance Survey had been at my old school, Lanark Grammar, that I really became interested in the Highlands and the Jacobites. Of course, Roy came […]
Historical short stories
Why not a historical short story?
The sword cut both ways
There are four incidents following the replacement of James II with William and Mary that are worth noting. Firstly there is Killiecrankie and the charge of the Highlanders under Dundee. The Highlanders took advantage of […]
The Highlanders at Cairndhu
While I’m busy with N.A.M. Rodgers naval histories around the Jacobite period, I need to start thinking of what the end will be – just an interest, or the basis for some stories. The first […]
So you want John Wayne
I’ve been belabouring Bonnie Prince Charlie and it’s taking me away from my objective of sea stories, so I need to stop. Just one last comment. Someone asked me if I could do a John […]
The tragic ending of Jacobiteism
My intention is to do a series on the Navy during the Stuart times, ending with Bonnie Prince Charlie and his escape to France but from the British point of view. That means the search […]
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Tagged Bonnie Prince Charlie, British History, Historical fiction, Jacobites, Royal Navy