The Life and Diary of Lieut. Col. J. Blackader, of the Cameronian Regiment, and Deputy Governor of Stirling Castle;: Who Served With Distinguished Honour in the Wars Under King William and the Duke of Marlborough, and Afterwards in the Rebellion of 1715 in Scotland
by CRICHTON, Andrew
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Edinburgh: H. S. Baynes, 1824. Leather bound. Very good. 578 p. 19 cm. Engraved frontispiece. Half leather with marbled boards. Attractively rebacked. Hinges tape-repaired internally. Moderate foxing, mainly to first and last pages. Offsetting to title page.
A valuable and lively account of the Duke of Marlborough's campaigns by a senior Scottish soldier who was wounded at the Battle of Blenheim. Blackader managed to survive the wars, dying at age 65 as deputy governor of Stirling Castle in his native Scotland. His papers were cast aside after his death and lay neglected for years until they were sold to a local tobacconist who saved them from destruction. Published almost a century after the events they describe, the memoirs are now recognized as one of the most animated and useful accounts of military life in the early 18th century.
A valuable and lively account of the Duke of Marlborough's campaigns by a senior Scottish soldier who was wounded at the Battle of Blenheim. Blackader managed to survive the wars, dying at age 65 as deputy governor of Stirling Castle in his native Scotland. His papers were cast aside after his death and lay neglected for years until they were sold to a local tobacconist who saved them from destruction. Published almost a century after the events they describe, the memoirs are now recognized as one of the most animated and useful accounts of military life in the early 18th century.
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- Title
- The Life and Diary of Lieut. Col. J. Blackader, of the Cameronian Regiment, and Deputy Governor of Stirling Castle;
- Author
- CRICHTON, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- H. S. Baynes
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1824
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- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Military, War of the Spanish Succession, Spain, Jacobite Rebellion, Duke of Marlborough, History
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- Military;
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