A Memoir of the 'Forty-Five

This first-person memoir of the Jacobite rising of 1745-46 is written by James Johnstone, a Lowland Scot who joined Charles Edward Stuart at Perth and served as a captain in the Duke of Perth's regiment. He follows the campaign through Prestonpans, the march into England as far as Derby, the retreat, and the defeat at Culloden. The later pages cover weeks of hiding in the Highlands and his escape by way of Edinburgh and London to the Continent. He offers sharp portraits of the Prince and of Lord George Murray, whose generalship he admires and whose temper he argues cost the cause.

Eight leaves of monochrome plates showing reproductions of contemporary paintings and etchings. Dark blue buckram binding blocked with an intricate design in gold on cover and spine. Red spine title label. Blue-grey endleaves printed in white with a map. Dark blue or grey slipcase. Page tops stained light blue.