Sunday, January 1, 2012

The Old Pretender


James Francis Edward Stuart died on January 1st, 1766.  The Old Pretender had attempted an invasion of England to claim his throne, but failed to land in the Firth of Forth during March of 1708.  That attempted rising formed the backdrop for Walter Scott’s “The Black Dwarf”.

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