Название: Culloden 1746: Battlefield GuideАвтор: Stuart Reid
Издательство: Pen & Sword
Год: 2005
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 154
Размер: 69.8 MB
Язык: английский
Culloden 1746. Graphic Historical Guide to pre-Eminent Scottish Battle. Tours of the Present-Day Battlefield and Related Sites. Based on the Latest Documentary and Archaeological Research. Over 100 Illustrations. Culloden Moor is the last and one of the most famous battles in British history. On 16 April 1746 the Duke of Cumberland's government army defeated the Jacobite rebels led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart. In this concise account the author, the leading authority on Culloden, sets out in a graphic and easily understood way the movements and deployments of the opposing armies and describes in detail the close and deadly combat that followed. His account incorporates the results of the latest documentary and archaeological research and he provides a full tour of the battlefield so that visitors can explore for themselves the historic ground on which this momentous event took place.