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The 1740s: 1740–1749
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Charles Edward Stuart landed in Scotland in 1745, marched to Derby and was crushed at Culloden in April 1746, ending Jacobitism as a military cause. Frederick of Prussia seized Silesia in the War of the Austrian Succession, and the first Methodist conferences organized a new church.
Culloden in 1746 lasted under an hour and ended a century of Stuart plotting. Diana Gabaldon's Dragonfly in Amber returns to the Paris and Highlands of 1745, and Stevenson's The Master of Ballantrae divides two brothers across the same rising. Open the 1740s on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.
9 famous stories set in the 1740s
Live snapshot of the top 9 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-05). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.
Browse 17 books and 3 movies set in the 1740s (1740–1749).
Dragonfly in Amber
From the author of Outlander... a magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland...For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is…
The Outlandish Companion: Companion to Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, and Drums of Autumn
#1 New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon has captivated millions of readers with her critically acclaimed Outlander novels, the inspiration for the Starz original series. From the moment Claire Randall…
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast; tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme... This is the best known version of the original story that inspired Walt Disney’s classic and has been retold countless times and adapted for screen,…
Culloden
Culloden Scottish Highlands April 16th 1746. It was one of the most mishandled and brutal battles ever fought in Great Britain. Its aftermath was tragic. The men responsible for such a disaster must be exposed. The men…
Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox 1740 - 1832
A fascinating insight into 18th century aristocratic life through the lives of the four Lennox sisters, the great grandchildren of Charles II, whose extraordinary lives spanned the period 1740-1832. Passionate, witty…
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast is the first in a new series of fairy tales for young adult readers. Fans of Disney, fairy tales, and fantasy will love the Faerie Tale Collection by Jenni James. A prince by day and a wolf by…
The Wild Rose of Kilgannon
She came to the Highlands an innocent bride, but one man's love and two nations' enmity would make her a woman....In her unforgettable novel Kilgannon, Kathleen Givens brought to vivid life the tempestuous romance of…
The Master of Ballantrae
Set in Scotland during the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, in the exotic French Indies, and in the North American wilderness, the story has as its hero one of the most compelling yet horrifying studies of evil in…
The Poems of Alexander Pope
A splendid presentation of Pope’s poems, excluding only his translations of Homer, this is the only one-volume edition that can lay claim to completeness and accuracy of text. It presents the corpus of Pope’s poetry as…
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