Charlie Of History And: In many ways, greeting cards are a Mirror of the times in which they are published, reflecting topical subjects, changing tastes, and current expressions and idioms. During the 1960's the characters of Charles Schulz' cartoon Peanuts-Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, and the rest—appeared on greeting cards and achieved popularity unequaled in greeting card history.
In 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession (1741-1748), when Britain was ranged with Austria against France and Prussia, there took place another Jacobite rising, known as "The Forty-five." What distinguished it from its predecessor was that The Fifteen had organization but no leader, while The Forty-five had no organization but a leader in Prince Charles Edward, the Bonnie Prince Charlie of history and romance.
The legend of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart), the Young Pretender, and Flora Macdonald keeps alive the memory of the uprising of 1745-1746 and still survives as an impractical sentiment in some Highland families, easily reconcilable with fervent loyalty to the present queen, Elizabeth II. |
