Bonnie Prince Charlie, Carolly Erickson
Bonnie Prince Charlie, Carolly Erickson
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Bonnie Prince Charlie
A Biography

Author: Carolly Erickson

Narrator: Steven Crossley

Unabridged: 11 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/13/2011

Synopsis

Acclaimed biographer Carolly Erickson brings history vibrantly to life withher powerful flesh-and-blood portrait of Charles Stuart, the Young Pretender to the British throne. Courageously attempting to conquer England, this significant figure in Scottish history divides the troubled British kingdom and disturbs decadent monarchies throughout the entire European continent. Convinced he was meant to be king, handsome 24-year-old Charles secretly gathers a motley band of rebels in the Highlands of Scotland. He marches his undisciplined troops fearlessly through the English heartland in a daring military campaign, gathering grassroots support along the way. But even as victory appears within his grasp, his ragtag army begins disintegrating. The much-celebrated prince is forced to finish his life in humiliating exile—tormented by disappointment and forever clinging to the belief only he should rule England. Carefully researched, historian Carolly Erickson’s crisp prose reads as well as a thrilling novel. “Erickson [is] a gifted writer with a novelistic flair for detail.”—San Francisco Chronicle

About Carolly Erickson

Distinguished historian Carolly Erickson is the author of Rival to the Queen, The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots, The First Elizabeth, The Hidden Life of Josephine, The Last Wife of Henry VIII, and many other prize-winning works of fiction and nonfiction. Her novel The Tsarina’s Daughter won the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction. She lives in Hawaii.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Thomas

Bonnie Prince Charlie, by Carolly Erickson, is an engaging, highly readable account of the life of Charles Stuart, the Young Pretender. It chronicles his quest to regain the British throne for the Stuart line. The book delivers an overview of events which transpired following the overthrow of James......more

Goodreads review by Alec

The fifty plus year quest of the Stuart heirs to reclaim the British throne is a fascinating story. The final chapter was the Bonnie Prince's doomed return to Scotland, and invasion of England, in 1745, which ended with the disastrous defeat at Culloden. An excellent account of these decades, and th......more

Goodreads review by Barbara

I found this biography engaging and enlightening. It is interesting what a life of leisure without responsibility does to some people. Charles had one goal in life- to reclaim the throne of England, and he was never able to reach it. I wonder how the world would be different if he had.......more

Goodreads review by Evan

Bonnie Prince Charlie was the grandson of King James II of Scotland and England, who got overthrown in the Glorious Revolution. To try to get his father back on the throne, he landed in Scotland, raised an army from next-to-nothing, conquered much of Scotland, and got more than halfway to London bef......more

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