LEADER 04953nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910780683303321 005 20230912144921.0 010 $a1-283-22632-4 010 $a9786613226327 010 $a0-7748-5701-3 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774857017 035 $a(CKB)2430000000000351 035 $a(OCoLC)226375635 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10210493 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000376976 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11265043 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376976 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10337044 035 $a(PQKB)10604667 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00602869 035 $a(CaPaEBR)406896 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412443 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10221815 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL322632 035 $a(OCoLC)923444713 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/cw2h0f 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/406896 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412443 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3253065 035 $a(DE-B1597)661403 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774857017 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000000351 100 $a19870126d1986 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe love of a prince$b[electronic resource] $eBonnie Prince Charlie in France, 1744-1748 /$fL.L. Bongie 210 $aVancouver $cUniversity of British Columbia Press$d1986 215 $a1 online resource (437 p.) 300 $aGeneal. tables on lining papers. 300 $aIncludes some passages in French. 311 $a0-7748-0258-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction to the Letters -- $tFrom Paris to Zolkiew -- $tLouise -- $t"Toujours dans la balance" -- $tPrisoners in Poland -- $tA Death and a Wedding -- $tEnter the Hero-Prince -- $t"Sword in Hand" -- $tCompliments and Disaffection -- $t"A Dager throw my heart" -- $tA New Life and Love Eternal -- $tEnd of the Affair -- $tThe Outlaw Prince -- $tPostscript -- $tNotes -- $tAppendix A -- $tAppendix B -- $tAppendix C -- $tIndex 330 $aMany books have been written about Bonnie Prince Charlie, but few have brought to light as much new material as this one, including evidence of a short-lived son, born in Paris scarcely two years after the royal fugitive escaped to France following the unlucky Battle of Culloden. The book deals less with the oft-told story of the Prince's crushing defeat in '45 than with his subsequent inability to cope with failure and with the even more devastating personal defeat represented by his arrest in Paris and expulsion from France in 1748. During that critical time - a major turning point in his life - the once generous and compassionate Prince, having failed in his noble ambition either to vanquish his enemies or perish sword in hand, began his long descent into oblivion. One happy event, hitherto unnoted, nevertheless marked this crucial period. As the Prince in 1747-48 watched his world crumbling around him - his father and brother in Rome having abandoned him and given up hope of a Stuart restoration -- he fell in love, for the first time in his life, with his married cousin Louise, Princesse de Rohan, like himself a direct descendant of Poland's King John Sobieski. The Love of a Prince is her story too and an extensive appendix to the work is devoted to the passionate love letters she wrote during their clandestine affair. They convey the full tragedy of an archetypal femme abandonnee whom we observe progressing from the initial joys of young love to inevitable catastrophe. Ultimately, the princess's suffering and her moral defeat become little more than an unhappy subplot in the Prince's own saga of distrust, bad faith and angry failure set amid the intrigues and petty jealousies of the French court. Nearly a decade of researach by the author in the Stuart Papers at Windsor Castle and in private and public archives has gone into the work. Though at times challenging for the general reader because of its period French documentation (retained for the sake of authentic flavour), the work is by no means directed to the specialist alone. Indeed, at times The Love of a Prince reads more like an historical romance than history, despite the total absence of fictional elements. It will appeal to those interested in eighteenth-century history and biography, followers of the royal families of Europe, and especially those long-fascinated by the exploits of one of history's legendary heroes. 606 $aJacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 607 $aScotland$xHistory$y18th century 615 0$aJacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746. 676 $a941.07/092/4 700 $aBongie$b Laurence L$0538864 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780683303321 996 $aThe love of a prince$93850357 997 $aUNINA