Culloden the 45 - Battles & Campaigns Author:Jeremy Black 'thoroughly researched' History 'attractively presented and written in a lively style' Archives 'an informative and absorbing study' Scots Independent There is little doubt that the '45 rebellion was the greatest challenge to the eighteenth-century British state. The battle of Culloden in which it culminated was certainly one of the most dramat... more »ic of the century. This study, based on extensive archival research, examines the political and military context of the uprising and hightlights the seriousness of the challenge posed by the Jacobites. The result is an illuminating account of an episode often obscured by the perspectives of Stuart romance.« less