Author: GIBSON, JOHN S.
Title: Playing the Scottish Card - the Franco-Jacobite Invasion of 1708
Description: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 085224567X. "In 1708, there was an unsuccessful, and now little-known, invasion attempt on Scotland by the French in alliance with the Jacobites. John Gibson shows just how near this invasion came to succeeding, and to breaking the newly formed Union of Scotland and England. [This book] will have a wide appeal as a dramatically written account of the reality behind an obscured episode in Scotland's history." - dust jacket. Former library copy with usual markings. Binding intact. A sound reading copy of this fascinating history; 8vo. Fair in Fair dust jacket .

Keywords: 085224567x . Forces 1708 Franco Jacobite Military