In this straightforward but colourful narrative, the only critical study of its kind, Malcolm McGregor explains how democracy was nurtured in Athens and how effective government was achieved.

The product of a decade of research in the Stuart Papers at Windsor Castle, this revealing history of Bonnie Prince Charlie brings to light a fascinating new details of the prince's life, including evidence of a short-lived son, born in Paris scarcely two years after the royal fugitive escaped to France following the unlucky Battle of Culloden.