1745: A Military History of the Last Jacobite Uprising

Stuart Reid. Da Capo Press, $24.95 (264pp) ISBN 978-1-885119-28-5

Appearing on the heels of two popular films about Scottish history, Braveheart and Rob Roy, Stuart Reid's 1745 offers a military history of the attempt by Bonnie Prince Charlie and his House of Stuart to regain the throne of England and Scotland. The text covers the prince's 10-month campaign, which climaxed-250 years ago-in the Battle of Culloden, which was the focus of Reid's Like Hungry Wolves. Illustrations. (Sarpedon, $24.95 264p ISBN 1-885119-28-3)

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