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

The Battle of Culloden in 1746 has gone down in history as the last major battle fought on British soil: a vicious confrontation between the English Royal Army and the Scottish forces supporting the Stuart claim to the throne. But this wasn't just a conflict between the Scots and the English: the battle was also part of a much larger campaign to protect the British Isles from the growing threat of a French invasion.



In Trevor Royle's vivid and evocative narrative, we are drawn into the ranks...