Culloden by Paul O'Keeffe - ISBN: 9781784704452
Paperback
Brutal battle, quick defeat, lasting repercussions: Culloden’s legacy endures.

Culloden

Battle & Aftermath

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  • Paperback

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    12 February 2023

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Summary

One of the most brutal battles in British domestic history brought to stunning life by a master military historian.

“Excellent… It is a tremendous tale - one of the most dramatic in our island’s history - and O’Keeffe tells it beautifully.” - The Times

Charles Edward Stuart’s campaign to seize the British throne ended with one of the quickest defeats in history. On 16 April 1746, at Culloden, his Jacobite army was overpowered in under forty minutes. Its brutal repercussions, h…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781784704452
ISBN-10:1784704458
Author:Paul O'Keeffe
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:12 February 2023
Weight:378g
Dimensions:199mm x 130mm x 33mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A fascinating portrait of 18th-century Britain as an age of elegance and brutality… I recommend this book strongly

A tremendous tale - one of the most dramatic in our island’s history - and O’Keeffe tells it beautifully, – Saul David * The Times *
Fascinating, meticulously researched, often brutally detailed … without being there, those times could not be more vividly brought to life than in this tremendous book – Roger Alton * Daily Mail *
Brings the last battle on British soil to life with page-turning vivacity * Mail on Sunday *
A fascinating portrait of 18th-century Britain as an age of elegance and brutality… I recommend this book strongly – Allan Massie * Scotsman *
A fascinating portrait of eighteenth-century Britain as an age of elegance and brutality… I recommend this book strongly – Allan Massie * Scotsman, Books of the Year *
Detailed, vivid - and not for the faint-hearted * Financial Times *
Intensely readable… [and] vividly written – Neal Ascherson * London Review of Books *
A vibrant and vivid tale, of victory, defeat, savage retribution and ‘high’ art… In our field one is often inclined to think or say, ‘Do we really we need yet another book on Culloden?’ However, if they are written as well and as excitingly as Paul O’Keeffe’s…then the answer is a resounding ‘Yes!’ – Robert Woosnam-Savage FSA, Curator Emeritus, Royal Armouries, University of Leeds

About The Author

Paul O'Keeffe

Paul O’Keeffe is a lecturer and writer based in Liverpool. His acclaimed books include Waterloo- The Aftermath and, Culloden- Battle & Aftermath, described by the Daily Mail as ‘As vivid as the Ten O’Clock News… fascinating, detailed, meticulously researched… tremendous’.

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