A compleat and authentick history of the rise , progress, and extinction Of the Late rebellion, and of the proceedings against the principal persons concerned therein. Containing A clear and impartial Narrative of the Intrigues of the Pretender's Adherents before the Breaking out of their Design in North-Britain; their Proceedings after their taking Arms; the Actions in that Part of the Island before they march'd Southwards; their March to Derby, and true Reasons of their Retreat; the Dispute at Falkirk, and Motives of their transferring the War into the Highlands; with the principal Causes of their Defeat at Culloden. Interpersed with the Characters of their chief Leaders, and a curious Detail of their Negociations abroad. The whole compos'd with the greatest Accuracy possible in regard to Facts and Dates, and free from all Mixture of fictitious Circumstances, or ill-grounded Conjectures.
- Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
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- MDCCXLVII. [1747]
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A compleat and authentick history of the rise, progress, and extinction Of the Late rebellion, and of the proceedings against the principal persons concerned therein. Containing A clear and impartial Narrative of the Intrigues of the Pretender's Adherents
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London : printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe, in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCXLVII. [1747]
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