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xii, 196 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-190) and index. |
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The Duke and the historians -- The theory and practice of the times -- Cumberland's early life, 1721-1745 -- Jacobitism, Cumberland and the campaign of the Forty Five, July 1745-April 1746 -- The Battle of Culloden and its aftermath, 8-18 April 1746 -- Operations around Inverness, April-May 1746 -- Operations around Fort Augustus, May-July 1746 -- Contemporaries, the Duke and the rebellion. |
| Summary |
"'Butcher' Cumberland is portrayed as one of the arch villains of British history. His leading role in the bloody defeat of the Jacobite Rebellion in 1745 and his ruthless pursuit of Bonnie Prince Charlie's fugitive supporters across the Scottish Highlands has generated a reputation for severity that has endured to the present day ... Jonathan Oates ... looks dispassionately at Cumberland's character and at his record as a soldier, in particular at this behaviour towards enemy wounded and prisoners. He analyses the rules of war as they were understood and applied in the eighteenth century. And he watches Cumberland closely through the entire course of the '45 campaign, from the retreat of the rebels across northern England to the Highlands, through the Battle of Culloden and on into the bloodstained suppression that followed"--Jacket. |
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William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765.
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William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 -- Military leadership.
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Princes -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- History -- George II, 1727-1760 -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820 -- Biography.
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Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746.
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William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765. (OCoLC)fst01760515
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Command of troops. (OCoLC)fst00869220
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Princes. (OCoLC)fst01076481
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Jacobite Rebellion (1745-1746) (OCoLC)fst00981043 |
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1727-1820
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History (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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| ISBN |
9781844157549 |
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1844157547 |
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