"'Bonnie Prince Charlie' was the perfect name for the Young Pretender, for he possessed uncommon charm and good looks. Unfortunately, he was never to possess what he coveted most: the British throne. Moray McLaren's compassionate biography of the descendant of Mary, Queen of Scots, records his attempt to wear the crown his unlucky ancestress had desired so fiercely. Born in Rome in 1720 and brought up in an atmosphere of Jacobite intrigue at the exiled court of his father."--Book Jacket.