Preston was the first battle of the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 and the last to be fought on English soil. This book provides a new account of the events leading up to the campaign, focusing on events in England but not neglecting those in Scotland and on the Continent. It then moves on to explore the movements of both armies, British and Jacobite, without neglecting civilian forces, as they marched through Northumberland, the Scottish Lowlands and...
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