Jeremy Black for Alan Sutton This is an excellent book on a subject I thought had been done to death. Dr Black (wasn't he the one murdered in Cluedo?) sets the '45 in the context of all the Jacobite military expeditions since 1688 and there were a lot of them. The possibilities of Spanish or Swedish intervention (imagine Charles XII let loose in England!) and the numerous plots are each described in sufficient detail to whet the appetite. He also describes the two Protestant invasions. At each stage Black reminds us of the lack of strong pro-Whig feelings (just as there were not a lot of strong Jacobites) in England. That together with the demilitarised nature of English society and its lack of fortifications meant that a small but tough army could be the very devil to catch. The analysis of William III's actions and those of later campaigns gives one the impression that toppling George II was very definitely a runner in '45. More Book Corner: The King's Army Culloden and The '45 1918 The Unexpected Victory The Boyne & Aughrim Scalp Dance Napoleon William The Lion 1143-1214 The Art of Warfare During The Middle Ages Philip Augustus James IV The Twilight of a Military Tradition Colonial Empires And Armies 1815-1960 Back to Perfidious Albion #96 Table of Contents Back to Perfidious Albion List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1998 by Charles and Teresa Vasey. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com