The Jacobites

The constant assumption that the reader already knows the full story is annoying - he jumps around in time constantly to give the perspective from the French, or from the Highlanders, while making only oblique references to the actual events. Things which sound quite interesting, such as General Wades’ roads, are just referenced vaguely without explaining.

The decision to have the second chapter solely on the French POV, which races ahead of the wider narrative, only to then return to the start afterwards, is an odd one, and reinforces the sense that this is a book for people who already know this story inside out.

At one point the author he even says he's going to leave some things out because they're so well known - not to me!