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Battle of Killiecrankie 1689: The Last Act of the Killing Times
Contributor(s): Reid, Stuart (Author)

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ISBN: 1526709945     ISBN-13: 9781526709943
Publisher: Frontline Books
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Modern - 16th Century
- History | Modern - 17th Century
- History | Europe - Great Britain - General
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" L (1.23 lbs) 264 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 17th Century
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Chronological Period - 16th Century
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The fifty-odd years of Scottish history dominated by the Jacobite Risings are amongst its most evocative and whilst the last battle, Culloden in 1746, is deservedly remembered as a national tragedy, the first battle on the braes of Killiecrankie was unquestionably the most dramatic.

It was very much a Scottish battle. The later Jacobite risings would be launched against kings and governments in London. Killiecrankie, on the other hand, pitted Scot against Scot in the last bloody act of the bitter religious struggle known as 'The Killing Times.'

Killiecrankie saw the first, and most successful, Highland Charge, as the clansmen broke the line of the Government's redcoats 'in the twinkling of an eye, ' and though outnumbered the Jacobites achieved a stunning victory. The Highlanders, however, suffered debilitating losses of almost one third of their strength, and their leader, John Graham the Viscount of Dundee, was killed.

The Jacobites continued their advance until stopped by Government forces at the Battle of Dunkeld a little more than three weeks later. Though the Jacobites had failed, the struggle of the Highland clans to return the Catholic James, and his successors, to the throne of Scotland and England would continue for the next two generations.


Contributor Bio(s): Reid, Stuart: - Stuart Reid is a prolific and well-known writer on a wide range of military subjects, and he is an expert on the military history of Scotland. His pioneering study Like Hungry Wolves remains unchallenged as the best narrative account of Culloden. His other books include: The Campaigns of Montrose, All the King's Armies: A Military History of The English Civil War, Wolfe: The Life and Career of General James Wolfe, Wellington's Highland Warriors: From the Black Watch Mutiny to the Battle of Waterloo and The Battle of Plassey 1757: The Victory That Won an Empire.
 
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