Name: Sweet William or the Butcher?: The Duke of Cumberland and the '45
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‘Butcher’ Cumberland is portrayed as one of the arch villains of British history. His leading role in the bloody defeat of the Jacobite rebellion in 1745 and his ruthless pursuit of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s fugitive supporters across the Scottish Highlands has generated a reputation for severity that has endured to the present day. He has even been proposed as the most evil Briton of the eighteenth century. But was Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, the younger son of George II, really the ogre of popular imagination? Jonathan Oates, in this perceptive investigation of the man and his notorious career, seeks to answer this question. He looks dispassionately at Cumberland’s character and at his record as a soldier, in particular at this behavior towards enemy wounded and prisoners. He analyses the rules of war as they were understood and applied in the eighteenth century. And he watches Cumberland closely through the entire course of the ’45 campaign, from the retreat of the rebels across northern England to the Highlands, through Battle of Culloden and on into the bloodstained suppression that followed.

A thorough and impressive work that contributes much to our knowledge of the ’45. PROFESSOR JEREMY BLACK

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PartNumber	30 illustrations	Author	Oates, Jonathan
Brand	Pen and Sword Military	Manufacturer	Pen and Sword Military
ReleaseDate	2008-09-29T00:00:01Z	Item Weight	1.1 Pounds
ItemDimensions	6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25Inches	NumberOfItems	1
binding	Hardcover	Amazon Category	Books » Biographies » Leaders & Notable People Biographies » Military Leader Biographies » WWII Biographies
Amazon Category	Books » Biographies » Leaders & Notable People Biographies » Political Leader Biographies	Amazon Category	Books » History » Historical Study » Historical Study Reference
Amazon Category	Books » History » World History	Amazon Category	Books » Reference » Encyclopedias & Subject Guides » History Encyclopedias
ISBN	1844157547	EAN	9781844157549

Weight	1.10 lbs

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