My Reference Library
For those of you who might be interested in some background reading around my historical novels, here is a list of the books I’ve read while researching for my historical novels. I own most of these, but some of them I obtained from my local library and then kept renewing – for many months. Some of them are very old, second-hand bookshop or online finds, so have no ISBN numbers. I’ve tried to group them as best I can for you!
Biographies
POOR FRED AND THE BUTCHER –SONS OF GEORGE II by Morris Marples (1970) ISBN 0718108167
THE BUTCHER – THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND AND THE SUPPRESSION OF THE ’45 by W.A. Speck (1995) ISBN 1860570003
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF CUMBERLAND by Rex Whitworth (1993) ISBN 0850523540
SWEET WILLIAM OR THE BUTCHER? By Jonathan Oates (2008) ISBN 9781844157549
KING GEORGE II AND QUEEN CAROLINE by John Van Der Kiste (2013) ISBN 0750913215
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN DUDLEY BRADSTREET by Dudley Bradstreet (1750)
THE PRIVATE PASSIONS OF BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE by Hugh Douglas (1998) ISBN 0750919027
CHARLES EDWARD STUART – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE by David Daiches (1973) ISBN 0330234397
BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE by Fitzroy Maclean (1988) ISBN 0862415683
BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE, CHARLES EDWARD STUART by Frank McLynn (1991) ISBN 0192828568
LOCHIEL OF THE ’45 – THE JACOBITE CHIEF AND THE PRINCE by John Sibbald Gibson (1994) ISBN 074860507X
KING CHARLES II by Antonia Fraser
THE LAST ROYAL REBEL – THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JAMES, DUKE OF MONMOUTH by Anna Keay ISBN 9781408827826
Scottish History
SCOTTISH CUSTOMS FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE by Margaret Bennett (2004) ASIN 01NANQL4S
HIGHLANDERS: A HISTORY OF THE HIGHLAND CLANS by Fitzroy Maclean (1995) ISBN 1857156129
THE HIGHLAND CLEARANCES by John Prebble (1982) ISBN 0140028374
GLENCOE by John Prebble (1966) ISBN 0140028973
TALES OF THE SCOTTISH CLANS by Helen Drever (1931) ASIN B00152K372
HIGHLAND FOLK WAYS by I.F. Grant (1995) ISBN 9781874744429
A HISTORY OF SCOTLAND by J.D Mackie (1978) ASIN B01K2R2A4E
CLAN GREGOR by Forbes MacGregor (1977) ISBN 0950603007
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF TARTAN by Iain Zaczek and Charles Phillips (2004) ISBN 978184204074
TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH by Robert Chambers (1868)
THE HIGHLAND CLANS by Alistair Moffat ISBN 9780500251591
A HISTORY OF SCOTLAND -by Magnus Magnusson
English History
POPULAR DISTURBANCES IN ENGLAND 1700-1832 by John Stevenson (1992) ISBN 0582081017
BEEF AND LIBERTY – ROAST BEEF, JOHN BULL AND THE ENGLISH NATION by Ben Rogers (2004) ISBN 0009286394
THE PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION – ENGLISH CULTURE IN THE 18TH CENTURY by John Brewer (1997) ISBN 0002555379
CONMEN AND CUTPURSES –SCENES FROM THE HOGARTHIAN UNDERWORLD by Lucy Moore (2004) ISBN 0140437606
DR JOHNSON’S LONDON – EVERYDAY LIFE IN LONDON IN THE MID 18TH CENTURY by Liza Picard (2004) ISBN 1842127292
SMUGGLING IN KENT AND SUSSEX 1700-1840 by Mary Waugh (1985) ISBN 0905392485
FLUNKEYS AND SCULLIONS – LIFE BELOW STAIRS IN GEORGIAN ENGLAND by Pamela Horn (2004) ISBN 0750929553
GEORGIAN LONDON – INTO THE STREETS by Lucy Inglis (2013) ISBN 9780670920143
ENGLISH CIVIL WARS by Blair Worden
HISTORY OF ENGLAND (VOL IV) REVOLUTION by Peter Ackroyd
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND by Frank McLynn ISBN 9780192852335
THE LIVERPOOL UNDERWORLD – CRIME IN THE CITY 1750-1900 by Michael Macilwee ISBN 9781846317002
British History
THE HOUSES OF HANOVER AND SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA by Antonia Fraser (2000) ISBN 0520228014
ARISTOCRATS by Stella Tillyard (1994) ISBN 0701159337
MISTRESS OF THE HOUSE – GREAT LADIES AND GRAND HOUSES 1670-1830 by Rosemary Baird (2003) ISBN 0297830783
MODERN BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY – THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, 1688-1815 by Paul Langford (1976) ISBN 0713616628
REVOLUTION – THE GREAT CRISIS OF THE BRITISH MONARCHY 1685-1720 by Tim Harris ISBN 0713997591
REDCOATS AND COURTESANS by Noel St John Williams ISBN 1857536977
CIVIL WAR by Trevor Royle
Jacobite History
THE JACOBITE MOVEMENT by Sir Charles Petrie (1932) ASIN B00I98V568
CULLODEN by John Prebble (1961) ISBN 0712668209
JACOBITE SPY WARS, MOLES, ROGUES AND TREACHERY by Hugh Douglas (2000) ISBN 0750914378
DAMN REBEL BITCHES, THE WOMEN OF THE ’45 by Maggie Craig (1997) ISBN 9781840182989
THE PRINCE IN THE HEATHER by Eric Linklater (1965) ASIN B002B23NYA
BARE-ARSED BANDITTI – THE MEN OF THE ’45 by Maggie Craig (2009) ISBN 9781845967024
THE JACOBITE RISINGS IN BRITAIN 1689-1746 by Bruce Lenman (1980) ISBN 0413396509
JACOBITES by Frank McLynn
European History
ITALY AND THE GRAND TOUR by Jeremy Black (2003) ISBN 0300099770
FRANCE AND THE GRAND TOUR by Jeremy Black (2003) ISBN 1403906904
THE STUART COURT IN ROME – THE LEGACY OF EXILE by Edward Corp (2003) ISBN 0754633241
FLESH IN THE AGE OF REASON by Roy Porter (2005) ISBN 0393326969
LADIES OF THE GRAND TOUR by Brian Dolan (2010) ISBN 0007105339
THE GRAND TOUR by Christopher Hibbert (1987) ISBN 0423020404
ROME – THE BIOGRAPHY OF A CITY by Christopher Hibbert (1987) ISBN 0140070788
LOUIS XIVs VERSAILLES by Guy Walton (1987) ISBN 0226872556
World History
SUGAR IN THE BLOOD by Andrea Stuart
THE SUGAR BARONS by Matthew Parker
THE TRADER, THE OWNER, THE SLAVE by James Walvin ISBN 9780224061445
SUGAR AND SLAVERY, FAMILY AND RACE – LETTERS AND DIARY OR PIERRE DESSALLES edited by Elbory Forster and Robert Forster
LONELY PLANET GUIDE – CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
LOUIS XIVs VERSAILLES by Guy Walton (1987) ISBN 0226872556
Military History
CULLODEN AND THE ’45 by Jeremy Black (1997) ISBN 1840130065
CULLODEN: THE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE LAST CLAN BATTLE by Tony Pollard (Editor) (2012) ISBN 1848846878
A HISTORY OF BRITAIN – THE BRITISH WARS 1603-1776 by Simon Schama (2001) ISBN 0563534842
THE ’45. BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE JACOBITE RISING by Christopher Duffy (2007) ISBN 0753822628
REDCOAT –THE BRITISH SOLDIER IN THE AGE OF HORSE AND MUSKET by Richard Holmes (2002) ISBN 0006531520
MEDIAEVAL COMBAT – A 15TH C MANUAL OF SWORDFIGHTING AND CLOSE-QUARTER COMBAT by Hans Talhoffer (2014) ISBN 1848327706
18TH CENTURY HIGHLANDERS by Stuart Reid, Mike Chappell (1993) ISBN 1855323168
THE ENGLISH MILITIA IN THE 18TH CENTURY by J.R. Western (1965) ISBN 0710050119
WARFARE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY by Jeremy Black (2002) ISBN 0304362123
Eighteenth Century (or earlier) Literature
PARADISE LOST/PARADISE REGAINED by John Milton (1667/1671)
PAMELA by Samuel Richardson (1741) (1980) ISBN 0140431403
ROBINSON CRUSOE by Daniel Defoe (1719) (2014) ISBN 150329238X
TOM JONES by Henry Fielding (1749) (1992) ISBN 1853260215
A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY by Lawrence Sterne (1768) (2016) ISBN 1535543043
Costume
17TH AND 18TH CENTURY COSTUME by V&A Museum (1951)
A VISUAL HISTORY OF COSTUME by Aileen Ribeiro (1983) ISBN 0713440910
HISTORICAL FASHION IN DETAIL – THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES by Avril Hart, Susan North (2000) ISBN 1851772588
Health
EVE: SEX CHILDBIRTH AND MOTHERHOOD THROUGH THE AGES by Petrina Brown (2004) ISBN 1840243783
BIRTH HEALTHCARE by Miriam Stoppard (1998) ISBN 1864660236
YOUR PREMATURE BABY 0-5 YEARS by Nikki Bradford (2000) ASIN B00E3FRR6I
THE GUIDE TO WOMEN’S HEALTH AND WELLNESS by Dr Lesley Hickin (2002)
CULPEPPER’S COLOUR HERBAL by Nicholas Culpepper (1983) ISBN 0572011520
Miscellaneous
HIGHLAND WILDERNESS by Colin Prior and Magnus Linklater (1993) ASIN B00SLTL5HO
A GUIDE TO THE GEORGIAN BUILDINGS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND by Dan Cruickshank (1985) ISBN 0297786105
THE GEORGIAN GROUP BOOK OF THE GEORGIAN HOUSE by Steven Parissien (1997) ISBN 1854104667
GEORGIAN COOKERY by Jennifer Stead (1985) ISBN 1850748691
A MACABRE MISCELLANY by Geoffrey Abbott (2004) ISBN 0753508494
THE EXECUTIONER ALWAYS CHOPS TWICE –GHASTLY BLUNDERS ON THE SCAFFOLD by Geoffrey Abbott (2002) ISBN 1840242280
Primary Sources
MURRAY OF BROUGHTON’S MEMORIALS by John Murray of Broughton (1898) Scottish Historical Society
NO QUARTER GIVEN: THE MUSTER ROLL OF PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART’S ARMY 1745-6 by Christian Aikman(Editor) (2001) ISBN: 1903238021
THE PRISONERS OF THE ’45 EDITED FROM THE STATE PAPERS by Sir Bruce Gordon Seton and Jean Gordon Arnot (1928)
THE LYON IN MOURNING VOL I by Robert Forbes (1895) ISBN 9781165807918
THE LYON IN MOURNING VOL II by Robert Forbes (1895) ISBN 9781331332046
BURT’S LETTERS FROM THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND by Edmund Burt (1754) ISBN 1874744904
THE GENTLEMAN’S MAGAZINE 1743-1746
THE LONDON GAZETTE 1743-1748
COLLECTED PAPERS ON THE JACOBITE RISINGS VOL I by Rupert C Jarvis (1971) ISBN 0719003784
COLLECTED PAPERS ON THE JACOBITE RISINGS VOL II by Rupert C Jarvis (1972) ISBN 0719004888
ITINERARY OF PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART by Walter Biggar Blaikie (1975)
A MEMOIR OF THE ’45 by The Chevalier de Johnstone (1958)