WOMEN OF THE JACOBITE REBELLIONS

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Explores the stories and roles played by hundreds of women involved in the Jacobite cause. Women tended to wounded soldiers, gave safety and comfort to fleeing Jacobites, and sometimes led the riots and rebellions themselves. Many were imprisoned and many were deported from their homelands to strange and distant lands. Others carried out daring escapes from prisons like The Tower of London and wrote poems and songs that are still read and sung today. Contains 40 mono illustrations.