Myth of the Jacobite Clans

Myth of the Jacobite Clans
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 238
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ISBN-10 : 9781474471688
ISBN-13 : 1474471684
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Download or read book Myth of the Jacobite Clans written by Murray Pittock and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this revolutionary book argues that British history has long sought to caricature Jacobitism rather than to understand it, and that the Jacobite Risings drew on extensive Lowland support and had a national quality within Scotland.


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