IN 1746, the cause of the Stewart monarchy deposed only a few decades before already seemed lost. The “Old Pretender†James II was sent packing back to France after a failed revolt in 1715. So, when Prince Charles Edward Stewart (Bonnie Prince Charlie or the “Young Pretenderâ€, to you and me) famously hoisted his standard at Glenfinnan in August 1745, he arrived with only seven men and a few French arms. Neither his father nor Louis XV of France supported the uprising. for more click here
