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Charles Stuart

Charles Edward Stuart (1720 – 1788) foi um aspirante a príncipe do trono inglês, promessa dos católicos para retomada da coroa inglesa, mas que, derrotado, exilou-se na Itália, onde passou a levar uma vida de boêmia. Casou-se com Louise de Stolberg-Gedern, Condessa de Albany, em 1772 na cidade de Macerata. Após levar uma vida de excessos (adultério e álcool) durante o seu exílio por 17 anos,…

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#Outlander QOTD Only One Deterrent Left #DianaGabaldon #ClaireFraser #JamieFraser #cullodenmoor #CharlesStuart Ch. 46 Pg 825 Nook I hesitated, but had to speak. The possibility had to be mentioned; whether he-or I-could bring ourselves to it or not. "It's Charles Stuart," I said, at last. "It's him-everything. The battle, the war-everything depends on him, do you see?" "Aye?" Jamie was looking up at me now, bloodshot eyes quizzical. "If he were dead...." I whispered at last. Jamie's eyes closed, and the last vestiges of blood drained from his face. "If he were to die...now. Today. Or tonight. Jamie, without Charles, there's nothing to fight for. No one to order the men to Culloden. There wouldn't be a battle." The long muscles of his throat rippled briefly as he swallowed. He opened his eyes and stared at me, appalled. "Christ," he whispered. "Christ, ye canna mean it."