Britain's Lost Revolution? Jacobite Scotland and French Grand Strategy, 1701-8 |
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| Author:
| Szechi, Daniel |
| Series title: | Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5261-0683-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2017 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $45.95 |
Book Description:
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This book is a frontal attack on an entrenched orthodoxy. Our official, public vision of the early eighteenth century demonises Louis XIV and France and marginalises the Scots Jacobites. Louis is seen as an incorrigibly imperialistic monster and the enemy of liberty and all that is good and progressive. The Jacobite Scots are presented as so foolis
This book is a frontal attack on an entrenched orthodoxy. Our official, public vision of the early eighteenth century demonises Louis XIV and France and marginalises the Scots Jacobites. Louis is seen as an incorrigibly imperialistic monster and the enemy of liberty and all that is good and progressive. The Jacobite Scots are presented as so foolis