Culloden & the '45

The 1745 Jacobite Uprising was doubtless one of the greatest challenges to the eighteenth-century British state, and the Battle of Culloden in which it culminated was one of the most dramatic battles of the century. This study examines extensive archival research and looks at the political and military context of the uprising and highlights the seriousness of the challenge posed by the Jacobites. The result is an illuminating account of an episode often muddied by the perspectives of Stuart romance.