The Myth of the Jacobite Clans

by Murray Pittock

Book Overview

The Jacobite Rising of 1745 is one of the most famous and emotive in our history. It is also one of the most misunderstood. The Myth of the Jacobite Clans exposes the depth of myth and misrepresentation from which Scotland and the Jacobite cause have suffered over the last 250 years.Award-winning author Murray Pittock demonstrates that British history has marginalised the facts about Jacobitism because they threatened long-standing views of a unified...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748607153
• ISBN13: 9780748607150
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.