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James II: The Storms of this Deceitful World

Mike Walker's epic chronicle of Britain's most mutable dynasty

Blake Ritson

Chloe Pirrie

Alex Norton

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Ben Crowe

Mark Edel-Hunt

Luke Thompson

Jane Slavin

Sam Dale

David Acton

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Sasha Yevtushenko

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The Stuarts: Bonnie Prince Charlie: Who Dares to Be Free

11/07/2015

Bonnie Prince Charlie: Who Dares to Be Free

BBC Radio 4 - The Stuarts, Bonnie Prince Charlie: Who Dares to Be Free

Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Young Pretender, Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Mike Walker's epic chronicle considers Charles Edward Stuart, latterly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, the great romantic figure of heroic failure. With Blake Ritson.

By Mike Walker

When the Dutch army landed in England, led by William of Orange, James II fled to France and the Stuarts finally lost their grip on the English crown. Nearly sixty years later, James' grandson Charles Edward Stuart becomes the figurehead for the Jacobite cause and risks it all for the Stuart name. Mike Walker's epic chronicle tells of just how close Bonnie Prince Charlie came to reclaiming the crown, and of how far he fell when it all went wrong.

Harpsichord played by Peter Ringrose

Director - Sasha Yevtushenko.

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