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Article: 1715: The Great Jacobite Rebellion.(Book review)
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- The Historian
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- December 22, 2007
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1715: The Great Jacobite Rebellion. By Daniel Szechi. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2006. Pp. xvi, 351. $50.00.)
Desperately distressed by the Hanoverian succession to the British throne in 1714, the inequities of the new union of England and Scotland, and the recent Whig rise to dominance at Westminster, Scottish and English advocates of restoring the Stuart dynasty launched a substantial but poorly planned, underfinanced, and badly coordinated rebellion in the fall of 1715. Spread over parts of Scotland and northern England, the revolt lasted until May of 1716, but its unsuccessful outcome was predictable after the indecisive Battle of Sherrifmuir in ...