Description: The second battle of Preston fought in 1715 was the last between formed military units in England. It was the most decisive Jacobite defeat of the Jacobite rebellions yet one in which the Anglo-Scottish Jacobite army was initially successful. The book contains contemporary pictures and manuscript evidence never previously published.
Brief description: The author's undergraduate thesis and doctorate from Reading University, both covering responses in north eastern England to the Jacobite rebellions. As the most prolific author on this topic, he has also has numerous articles, record society publications and books published on this topic, covering 1689-1746, about the battles, sieges and some of the key personalities. This is his third book about the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 and his eleventh book on Jacobite themes. He is an archivist by profession and has also written books about true crime, family history and the local history of Ealing.