Burke's Peerage has been pleased to sponsor and publish a series of Scottish heritage titles from the Prestoungrange Arts Festival in Prestonpans, a small community 10 miles east of Edinburgh on the Forth which has the distinction of the first coal mining charter in the United Kingdom and of playing a leading role in the Scottish pottery industry in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was also the site of HRH Prince Charles Edward's [Bonnie Prince Charlie] decisive Jacobite victory in September 1745 over the Hanoverian King George II of Scotland and England although his campaign ultimately ended in defeat at Culloden in April 1746.
This series of scholarly titles addresses that historical legacy much of which is also being retold in the town's public murals programme.
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Valour Does Not Wait
Arran Johnston
The rise and fall of Charles Edward Stuart. This new book by Arran Johnston delves deep into the Prince's mind, seeking to expose the motivations and talents of one of the 18th Century's most extraordinary political figures. Paper.
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The Prestonpans Tapestry
Created by Andrew Crummy et al
The story of and historical background to the Prestonpans Tapestry, a modern-day celebration of Bonnie Prince Charlie and his victory at Prestonpans.
The Prestonpans Tapestry presents full colour images of all 104 panels of the world’s longest embroidered tapestry together with accompanying historical analysis of each. It tells the story of the Hopes and Ambitions of 25 year old Bonnie Prince Charlie to regain the British throne for his exiled father. Within eight weeks of landing in the Hebrides he had raised a Highland army, taken Edinburgh without a shot being fired and defeated Johnnie Cope’s Hanoverian army in a stunning Victory at Prestonpans. Scotland was his. This tapestry has been stitched by volunteers along the route the Prince took in 1745 and each of them is recorded in the book. The completed work took 24 months to complete and in excess of 25,000 stitching hours. Andrew Crummy designed the tapestry in its entirety with Dorie Wilkie leading the stitchers. Cloth.
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Off the Wall Art in Prestonpans
John Lindsay (Author), Roy Pugh (Author), Andrew Dallmeyer (Author), Ian Nimmo (Author)
Paperback: 224 pages
ISBN-10: 0850110629
ISBN-13: 978-0850110623
Dimensions: 21 x 21 x 1.6 cm
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Sir John Cope and the Rebellion of 1745
Martin Margulies (Foreword), Robert Cadell (Author)
Paperback: 300 pages
ISBN-10: 0850110572
ISBN-13: 978-0850110579
Dimensions: 21 x 14.8 x 2.2 cm
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Rebellious Scots to Crush
Arran Johnston (Author)
Paperback: 112 pages
ISBN-10: 0850110688
ISBN-13: 978-0850110685
Dimensions: 21 x 14.8 x 1.2 cm
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Prestonpans - a Social and Economic History across 1000 years
[ed] Allan, Annemarie, Bonnar, Jane and Prestoungrange, Gordon, 2006
ISBN 9780850110470
829pp
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| Price: £29.95 + P&P: £4.50 (UK) £10 (RoW)
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Prestonpans Pottery - a definitive study of Scotland's heritage
Cruickshank, Graeme, Principal Photographer Linda Sneddon, 2007
ISBN 9780850110487
295pp, full colour
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The Murals Trail & Art Treasures of Prestonpans
[ed] Allan, Annemarie, Crummy, Andrew with Unwin, John & Jenny, Photography by Linda Sneddon, 2006
ISBN 0-9711966-9-7
96pp, full colour
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