Up to Culloden
I watched Neil Oliver again and while admitting he was talking of the clans at the time of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s rebellion, I notice the comment that Charlie lost about a third of his ‘army’ […]
I watched Neil Oliver again and while admitting he was talking of the clans at the time of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s rebellion, I notice the comment that Charlie lost about a third of his ‘army’ […]
I watched Neil Oliver’s story of the clan warfare last night. To be honest it’s about the clans but, as the historians usually do, it is slanted towards the romantic side of the Stuart struggle […]
I’ve found in my researching it is often an almost throw away comment that offers the greatest possibilities. For example, in my researches for incidents for a book, hopefully a series, on the navy during […]
Welcome to the new look website. I’m quite excited about it and hope everyone can enjoy browsing. I’m still looking into the Struart era for story lines for aa historical novel and found these comments […]
I’ve started to research the navel activity during the Stuart Kings as it was a time of expanding trade and am enjoying it immensely. Irritatingly, the first thing I have come across is the cause […]
The first place I looked in studying the Stuart kings of Britain was in Sir Walter Scott’s “Tales of a Grandfather”. It was written for his twelve-year-old grandson and not only makes easy reading but […]
I’ve ordered a copy of Ships of the ’45, which deals especially with the naval ships chasing Bonnie Prince Charlie. Looking into the naval situation during the Stuart kingships in more detail I found Dunkirk […]
The attraction of writing about the expansion of trade and exploration during the time of the Stuart kings.
Conventicles and their suppression
Stories from a rebellion.