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Culloden and the '45 by Jeremy Black (1990)
I feel likeregshoe and I are just bouncing books back and forth at this stage. Anyway, this was a good complement to Christopher Duffy, in that it has much more about the international situation and how that related to the '45. Which I do admit was sometimes a bit eyes-glaze-over: Country X is now attacking country Y! Now they are at peace again! Rinse, repeat, rotate X and Y. So many European wars in the 18th century, wow. : / I don't think his general analysis of the '45 was dramatically different from Duffy's, though.
I really get why Broster apologizes for taking liberties with the Earl of Loudoun's character--he seems to have been a pretty good guy. I read in another book that it was not uncommon that Highlanders said that they would surrender, but only to a Campbell. Of course there were clan rivalries, but they were still neighbors and would have to get along after this was over. Most of the harsh repression was committed by Lowlanders or Englishmen.
The Earl of Albemarle is kind to Keith in the book, but his main reason for it is that he has the hots for Lady Stowe. Here's what he thought otherwise: I [...] always feared from the bad inclination of the people in most of the northern counties and from their stubborn, inveterate disposition of mind, nothing could effect it but laying the whole country waste and ashes, and removing all the inhabitants (excepting a few) out of the kingdom.
Nice.
Culloden and the '45 by Jeremy Black (1990)
I feel like
regshoe and I are just bouncing books back and forth at this stage. Anyway, this was a good complement to Christopher Duffy, in that it has much more about the international situation and how that related to the '45. Which I do admit was sometimes a bit eyes-glaze-over: Country X is now attacking country Y! Now they are at peace again! Rinse, repeat, rotate X and Y. So many European wars in the 18th century, wow. : / I don't think his general analysis of the '45 was dramatically different from Duffy's, though. I really get why Broster apologizes for taking liberties with the Earl of Loudoun's character--he seems to have been a pretty good guy. I read in another book that it was not uncommon that Highlanders said that they would surrender, but only to a Campbell. Of course there were clan rivalries, but they were still neighbors and would have to get along after this was over. Most of the harsh repression was committed by Lowlanders or Englishmen.
The Earl of Albemarle is kind to Keith in the book, but his main reason for it is that he has the hots for Lady Stowe. Here's what he thought otherwise: I [...] always feared from the bad inclination of the people in most of the northern counties and from their stubborn, inveterate disposition of mind, nothing could effect it but laying the whole country waste and ashes, and removing all the inhabitants (excepting a few) out of the kingdom.
Nice.
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