Category: History - British
INTRODUCTORY TO PICKLE PAGE Subject of this book—The last rally of Jacobitism hitherto 1 obscure—Nature of the new materials—Information from spies, unpublished Stuart Papers, &c.—The chief spy—Probably known to Sir Walter Scott—‘Redgauntlet’ cited—‘Pickle the Spy’—His positio...
The Elibank plot—George II. to be kidnapped—Murray and Young Glengarry—As Pickle, Glengarry betrays the plot—His revelations—Pickle and Lord Elibank—Pickle meets Charles—Charles...
18. Chapter 18Charles mystifies Europe—Montesquieu knows his secret—Sources of information—The Stuart manuscripts—Charles’s letters from Avignon—A proposal of marriage—Kennedy and the hidden...
16. Chapter 16Prince Charles—Contradictions in his character—Extremes of bad and good—Evolution of character—The Prince’s personal advantages—Common mistake as to the colour of his eyes—His p...
25. Chapter 25Jacobite hopes—Blighted by the conduct of Charles—His seclusion—His health is affected—His fierce impatience—Miss Walkinshaw—Letter from young Edgar—The Prince easily tracked—Fe...
26. Chapter 26Progress of Pickle—Charles’s last resource—Cluny called to Paris—The Loch Arkaig hoard—History of Cluny—Breaks his oath to King George—Jacobite theory of such oaths—Anecdote of...
23. Chapter 23Charles fears for his own safety—Earl Marischal’s advice—Letter from Goring—Charles’s danger—Charles at Coblentz—His changes of abode—Information from Pickle—Charles as a friar—...
21. Chapter 21Pickle the spy—Not James Mohr Macgregor or Drummond—Pickle was the young chief of Glengarry—Proofs of this—His family history—His part in the Forty-five—Misfortunes of his famil...
17. Chapter 17Europe after Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle—A vast gambling establishment—Charles excluded—Possible chance in Poland—Supposed to have gone thither—‘Henry Goring’s letter’—Romantic adv...
24. Chapter 24Another spy—Rob Roy’s son, James Mohr Macgregor—A spy in 1745—At Prestonpans and Culloden—Escape from Edinburgh Castle—Billy Marshall—Visit to Ireland—Balhaldie reports James’s...
19. Chapter 19The Prince goes to London—Futility of this tour—English Jacobites described by Æneas Macdonald—No chance but in Tearlach—Credentials to Madame de Talmond—Notes of visit to Londo...
20. Chapter 20Hopes from Prussia—The Murrays of Elibank—Imprisonment of Alexander Murray—Recommended to Charles—The Elibank plot—Prussia and the Earl Marischal—His early history—Ambassador of...
28. Chapter 28Conclusion—Charles in 1762—Flight of Miss Walkinshaw—Charles quarrels with France—Remonstrance from Murray—Death of King James—Charles returns to Rome—His charm—His disappointme...
27. Chapter 27Charles asks Louis for money—Idea of employing him in 1757—Letter from Frederick—Chances in 1759—French friends—Murray and ‘the Pills’—Charles at Bouillon—Madame de Pompadour—Ch...
15. Chapter 15Subject of this book—The last rally of Jacobitism hitherto obscure—Nature of the new materials—Information from spies, unpublished Stuart Papers, &c.—The chief spy—Probably know...
2. Chapter 2CHARLES EDWARD STUART Prince Charles—Contradictions in his character—Extremes of 11 bad and good—Evolution of character—The Prince’s personal advantages—Common mistake as to the...
4. Chapter 4THE PRINCE IN FAIRYLAND. II.—WHAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED Charles mystifies Europe—Montesquieu knows his 67 secret—Sources of information—The Stuart manuscripts—Charles’s letters from...
12. Chapter 12PICKLE AS A HIGHLAND CHIEF.—1754–1757 Progress of Pickle—Charles’s last resource—Cluny called to 276 Paris—The Loch Arkaig hoard—History of Cluny—Breaks his oath to King George—...
8. Chapter 8PICKLE AND THE ELIBANK PLOT The Elibank plot—George II. to be kidnapped—Murray and 169 Young Glengarry—As Pickle, Glengarry betrays the plot—His revelations—Pickle and Lord Elib...
11. Chapter 11‘A MAN UNDONE.’—1754 Jacobite hopes—Blighted by the conduct of Charles—His 252 seclusion—His health is affected—His fierce impatience—Miss Walkinshaw—Letter from young Edgar—The...
14. Chapter 14CONCLUSION Conclusion—Charles in 1762—Flight of Miss 316 Walkinshaw—Charles quarrels with France—Remonstrance from Murray—Death of King James—Charles returns to Rome—His charm—H...
13. Chapter 13THE LAST HOPE—1759 Charles asks Louis for money—Idea of employing him in 300 1757—Letter from Frederick—Chances in 1759—French friends—Murray and ‘the Pills’—Charles at Bouillon...
10. Chapter 10JAMES MOHR MACGREGOR Another spy—Rob Roy’s son, James Mohr Macgregor—A spy in 230 1745—At Prestonpans and Culloden—Escape from Edinburgh Castle—Billy Marshall—Visit to Ireland—B...
3. Chapter 3FEBRUARY 1749—SEPTEMBER 1750. I.—WHAT THE WORLD SAID Europe after Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle—A vast gambling 44 establishment—Charles excluded—Possible chance in Poland—Supposed t...
7. Chapter 7YOUNG GLENGARRY Pickle the spy—_Not_ James Mohr Macgregor or 145 Drummond—Pickle was the young chief of Glengarry—Proofs of this—His family history—His part in the Forty-five—Mi...
5. Chapter 5THE PRINCE IN LONDON; AND AFTER.—MADEMOISELLE LUCI (SEPTEMBER 1750–JULY 1751) The Prince goes to London—Futility of this tour—English 102 Jacobites described by Æneas Macdonald—...
6. Chapter 6INTRIGUES, POLITICAL AND AMATORY.—DEATH OF MADEMOISELLE LUCI, 1752 Hopes from Prussia—The Murrays of Elibank—Imprisonment of 124 Alexander Murray—Recommended to Charles—The Elib...
9. Chapter 9DE PROFUNDIS Charles fears for his own safety—Earl Marischal’s 207 advice—Letter from Goring—Charles’s danger—Charles at Coblentz—His changes of abode—Information from Pickle—Ch...
1. Chapter 1INTRODUCTORY TO PICKLE PAGE Subject of this book—The last rally of Jacobitism hitherto 1 obscure—Nature of the new materials—Information from spies, unpublished Stuart Papers, &...