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Bonnie Prince Charlie

His life, family, legend

Peter Pininski author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:NMSE - Publishing Ltd

Published:31st Mar '22

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Bonnie Prince Charlie cover

 

 In telling the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie, this book, unusually, places his ancestry, birth and life against the Scoto-Polish and pan-European backgrounds of his parents’ families.

With over one hundred and fifty illustrations, including seventy portraits, the selection shows those rarely or never-before included in other works, while the captions are extensive and detailed. The cover shows a portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie that was in a private collection and unknown to the general public until 2018.

The third distinguishing factor is that the book presents the full story of the prince’s only child, Charlotte, Duchess of Albany (Robert Burns’ ‘Bonnie Lass of Albany’); her mother, the tragic Scottish Jacobite Clementina Walkinshaw; and Charlotte Stuart’s children, describing their fates during and after the French Revolution.

First published by Amberley in 2010, this edition of Bonnie Prince Charlie has been rewritten and updated. It features on the cover a portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie that was in a private collection and unknown to the general public until 2018 when it was purchased by the Pininski Foundation.



' … Pininski writes well and presents a colorful, detailed narrative of Charles's life. … Pininski's flowing narrative is enhanced by the wealth of illustrations ... They make for a handsome volume that should appeal to a broad audience.' Scotia

'This beautifully crafted and curated biography captures not only the rebellion and exile but delves deep into the upbringing that shaped Bonnie Prince Charlie and the lives of his family and descendants afterwards. … this would be a stunning gift for anyone keen on a comprehensive history of the doomed Stuart line.' Scottish Field

ISBN: 9781910682340

Dimensions: 245mm x 190mm x 20mm

Weight: 913g

288 pages

Rewritten and updated from the 2010 Amberley edition.