Sir Charles Wogan : Jacobite, soldier, royal agent & man of letters
Maher, Richard K., 1984-2025
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Sir Charles Wogan was an Irish knight-baronet of the exiled monarch of the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, King James Stuart III. His intrepid life story is told here through his own words, based on his correspondence with the Stuart court in exile now housed among the Stuart Papers at Kew in London. Spanning the territory of seven European Great Powers during the 18th century, his story will take you from the plains of Kildare to the fearsome cells of Newgate Gaol, from silver Silesian plains to icy Pyrenees peaks, from Vienna to Rome, and from the Maghreb to Madrid. He consorted with popes and princesses, kings, ministers and cardinals. A poet, diplomat, courtier, and military officer, he is most famously remembered for organising the rescue in 1719 of Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska from her confinement in Innsbruck, helped by his companions from Dillon's Regiment then serving in France.
Main title:
Sir Charles Wogan : Jacobite, soldier, royal agent & man of letters / Richard K. Maher.
Author:
Maher, Richard K., 1984-, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword History, 2025.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781036134099 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
941.071941.071 MAHE
Language:
English
BRN:
8984671
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