Allan Mallinson

Muskets v. the Highland charge

Trevor Royle gives an even-handed account of this last desperate throw of the dice for Bonnie Prince Charlie

issue 06 February 2016

  • Culloden: Scotland’s Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire

    Trevor Royle

    Little Brown, pp. 409

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