Culloden: Great Battles

by Murray Pittock

Book Overview

The battle of Culloden lasted less than an hour. The forces involved on both sides were small, even by the standards of the day. And it is arguable that the ultimate fate of the 1745 Jacobite uprising had in fact been sealed ever since the Jacobite retreat from Derby several months before.

But for all this, Culloden is a battle with great significance in British history. It was the last pitched battle on the soil of the British Isles to be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199664080
• ISBN13: 9780199664085
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.7"