Ascanius: or, the young adventurer; a true history. Translated from a manuscript privately handed about at the court of Versailles. Containing, A particular Account of all that happen'd to a certain Person during his Wanderings in the North, from his first Arrival there, in August 1745, to his final Escape September 19, in the following Year. The whole introduced with a more critical and candid History of the Rise, Progress, and Extinction of the late Rebellion, than any yet publish'd; and interspersed with Remarks on the Characters of the principal Persons who appear'd in the Interest of Ascanius; particularly the celebrated Miss Cameron, Miss Mac Donald, the Duke of Perth, the Earl of Kilmarnock, Messieurs Sherridan and Sullivan, &c. &c

People / Organizations

• Ralph Griffiths (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for T. Johnston, in Salisbury-Court, Fleet-Street, 1746.

Publication year

1746

ESTC No.

T22532

Grub Street ID

247260

Description

288p.,plate ; 12°.

Note

Anonymous. By Ralph Griffith

The 'printed for G. Smith' undated edition which was printed in December 1746, has text identical to pp.114-224 of this edition

Ascanius = Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender.