Early one September morning in 1745, Edinburgh's city gates were stormed by Prince
Charles Edward Stewart's Highland army. For the next six weeks the City lay under
Jacobite occupation, the Prince holding court at Holyrood Palace. Here is the story
of that interlude, told by those who were there. The drama includes the bloody victory
at Prestonpans and the inside story of the stormy debates at Holyrood which preceded
the march into England. It has its humorous side too, as Highlands and Lowlands meet
on the streets of the old town.John S. Gibson is a leading authority on the Jacobite period.
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