ARGONAUT BOOKS

A critical yet sympathetic history of Jacobites, supporters of King James VII of Scotland. Reviews This book is arresting from the very first page. A distillation of fifty years of research on Scottish Jacobitism, Conflict and Loyalty is full of insights into the impact of Jacobitism on Scotland and - just as importantly - the wider world, to say nothing of glorious vignettes illustrating Allan I. Macinnes's argument. The net result is a mortal blow to any vision of Scots Jacobitism and Scots patriotism (yes, the two were inextricably intertwined) that fails to understand it...Read More