Charles Edward Stuart, or 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' as he became known, was the grandson of the deposed Catholic King James II - who had fled to France from Protestant William of Orange's invading ...

A pious and strong-willed king, Charles exhibited from childhood the characteristics that would lead to his downfall. By Dr Richard Cust.

Stuart monarchs were repeatedly challenged by dangerous threats—a gunpowder plot, a civil war and political revolution. As a ...