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22. Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. (attrib.)

Hannibal at the gates, or, The progress of Jacobitism, with the present danger of the Pretender. (London : Printed for J. Baker, 1712)

22. Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. (attrib.) Hannibal at the gates

After the flight of James II to France in 1688, there were recurrent threats that the French would support an invasion of Britain to restore James or later his son, "the Pretender" to the throne. The High Tories were rumoured to be in favour of this. Although it was a real danger and unsuccessful invasions took place in 1708 and 1715, the issue was more often used as a bogey to scare the populace.

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