Jacobite Movement 1932

1932. The outcome of ten years of research, this book is an attempt to tell the story of Jacobitism as a definite political movement, not as a romance. It is based on original authorities and the author hopes it will help to make several events in British history clear. Contents: background of the restoration; restored monarchy 1660-1688; birth of Jacobitism 1688-1701; plot and counter-plot 1701-1714; fifteen and after 1714-1719; hope and despair 1719-1740; forty-five 1740-1746; Jacobitism underground 1746-1766; the last Stuarts 1766-1807; the aftermath.