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1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations |
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Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Some Characters Named Maclean -- Prologue: Quebec City 30 December 1775 -- Chapter 1: The Fiery Cross 1746 -- Chapter 2: Blood on the Moor 16 April 1746 -- Chapter 3: Exile 1746-1750 -- Chapter 4: Edinburgh Years 1750-1756 -- Chapter 5: The Royal Americans 1756-1758 -- Chapter 6: The Third New York Independent Company 1760-1762 -- Chapter 7: The 114th Regiment Royal Highland Volunteers 1761-1763 -- Chapter 8: Paris 1763-1765 -- Chapter 9: The East India Company, Rise and Fall 1766-1769 -- Chapter 10: Janet 1770-1771 |
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Chapter 11: Who is Junius? 1771-1775Chapter 12: Quebec 1775 -- Chapter 13: Canada Freed 1776 -- Chapter 14: Governor of Montreal 1777-1779 -- Chapter 15: Montreal 1779-1780 -- Chapter 16: Offensive Operations 1780-1781 -- Chapter 17: Niagara 1782 -- Chapter 18: The Upper Country 1782-1783 -- Chapter 19: Uneasy Truce 1783 -- Epilogue: Retirement 1784-1797 -- Footnotes -- Bibliographical Essay -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T |
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| Summary |
Born on the Isle of Mull to an impoverished lair of the clan Maclean, young Allan fought his first battle - for Bonnie Prince Charlie at Culloden - from a sense of deep conviction and family loyalty. He fled into exile when the Stuart cause was lost. In Holland he became a mercenary, and after amnesty was granted for Jacobites, he joined the British army serving in North America during the Seven Years' War, and again during the American Revolution. He was at Quebec on New Year's Eve 1775 when the city was attacked by Benedict Arnold, and shortly thereafter become the military governor of Mont |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-234) and index |
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Print version record |
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Maclean, Allan, 1725-1797.
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Maclean, Allan, 1725-1797 fast |
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Great Britain. Army -- Biography
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Great Britain. Army -- Biography
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Great Britain. Army fast |
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Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Jacobites -- Biography
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Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 -- Biography
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Soldiers -- Scotland -- Biography
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Soldiers
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Generals
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Jacobites
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Great Britain -- History, Military -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056839
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Canada -- History -- 1775-1783 -- Biography
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography
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Canada -- History -- 1755-1763 -- Biography
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United States
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Scotland
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Canada
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Great Britain
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History
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Biographies
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Military history
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781554880720 |
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1554880726 |
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9781459714854 |
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1459714857 |
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