Redcoats and Highlanders: Jacobite Rebellions
A lecture by Dr Christopher Duffy
17th April
12:30-14:00
Hosted by
The Fusiliers Museum London
in the Officer's Mess of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
HM Tower of London
Dr Duffy is the author of The '45: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the untold story of the Jacobite rising (Cassell, 2003). This lecture will encompass the background to the rebellions, as well as the events that took place.
Christopher Duffy read history at Balliol College, Oxford and in 1961 he joined the staff of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He has written books on eighteenth century and Napoleonic warfare, fortification, armoured warfare in World War II and modern strategic geography. He was senior lecturer in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and is now Research Professor in War in History at the Institute for the Study of War and Society at De Montfort University.
If you would like to attend this lunchtime talk, please make a donation of £25 for each attendee (£20 for members of the Battlefields Trust) and email your name, contact number and any special requirements (dietary/mobility) to helen@battlefieldstrust.org If you have any questions, please ring 0207 387 6620. We look forward to welcoming you.
Our 2013 lecture series begins with
29th Jan The First Blitz http://www.justgiving.com/Neil-Faulkner-Zeppelins-Lecture
19th Feb Alternative location for Battle of Hastings http://www.justgiving.com/Battle-of-Hastings-Grehan-Mace
19th March Military History of Magna Carta
