Charles Sinclair Minto Libros

The Jacobites tried to restore the Stewarts as kings of England and Scotland after James VII had been deposed in 1689. Written from a Scottish viewpoint, this title spans these stirring times, covering the bloody campaign of Bonnie Dundee, the shambolic 1715 Rising, and the notorious '45 led by Bonnie Prince Charlie, which ended in slaughter at the Battle of Culloden and severe retribution against Jacobite clans. There are many portraits, illustrations and maps, plus details of over 50 Jacobite sites to visit.

(How Scotland was 100 - 170 years ago. In many ways, it redefines our view of Scotland's past as we are familiar with seeing Victorian and Edwardian people and views in sepia, but these are in colour, adding a warmth and realism to the scenes which photographers immortalized. Many aspects of Scottish life are explored from people's jobs to the many ways in which they occupied their limited holiday and leisure time between 1840 and the outbreak of the Great War. These include Creating Tourist Scotland - how Victorian and Edwardian Scotland was sold to the world and the birth of Scotland's tourist industry; Scotland's Railways - the development of the railway network, the hardy Scotch Fisher Lassies who worked their way down the east coast of Britain gutting and pickling the herring; the people who lived and worked on Scotland's canals; the men who crewed the country's trains, trams and ferries, together with a host of others.)