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Glenfinnan

Glenfinnan, Lochaber

Where Bonnie Prince Charlie raised his standard.

On 19 August 1745, Charles Edward Stuart raised his royal standard at Glenfinnan, at the head of Loch Shiel, to claim the throne for his father. At first only a few men had arrived, until the pipes of Clan Cameron were heard coming over the hills.

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When
19 August 1745
Where
56.8710, -5.4380
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Visiting

National Trust for Scotland visitor centre. The Glenfinnan Viaduct is nearby.

Cover of Guy Fawkes: Traitor or Faithful? by Cale Mills
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Guy Fawkes: Traitor or Faithful?

This book asks one question and keeps asking it: was Guy Fawkes faithful, or a traitor? Most people think they already know. The answer has been handed down for four hundred years, with a bonfire and a rhyme, and it is rarely examined. From the boy from Stonegate in York to the cellar, the Tower and Westminster Hall, every chapter ends with a ledger of what it adds in his favour and what it adds against him. By the last page you may find that the answer you arrived with is not the one you leave with.

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