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Capturing the Capital: Edinburgh in the Last Jacobite Rising

By (author) Arran Johnston

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In September 1745, the Jacobite army of Prince Charles Edward Stuart arrived in EdinburghÂ on its campaign to restore the royal house of Stuart to the throne. They found a city ofÂ towering tenements over cramped, narrow streets, but a community on the cusp ofÂ enlightenment. As if to symbolise these contrasts, the Jacobite prince appeared as both aÂ symbol of a lost past and a vision for a different future. This is the story of Edinburghâ€™s experience of the last Jacobite Rising, from its unexpectedÂ capture by the Jacobites to its recovery by the government. Rooted in the words of thoseÂ who experienced it, supporters of both sides, it is an exploration of the tensions and traumasÂ of life within Scotlandâ€™s capital city during one of the countryâ€™s most famous historicalÂ episodes. It brings to life the streets and citizens of Edinburgh in 1745 as they struggled to balance political ideology with self-preservation amidÂ an increasingly bitterÂ conflict.