title: Charles Edward Stuart: A Tragedy in Many Acts
author:  Frank McLynn 
description: A comprehensive reassessment of the life of Charles Edward Stuart. This book should be of interest to general readers of historical biography and academics.
zlib_text: Three Act Tragedy
  
  Three Act Tragedy
  Three Act Tragedy
  
  Three Act Tragedy
  1
  Mr. Satterthwaite sat on the terrace of “Crow’s Nest” and watched his host, Sir Charles
  Cartwright, climbing up the path from the sea.
  Crow’s Nest was a modern bungalow of the better type. It had no half timbering, no gables, no
  excrescences dear to a third-class builder’s heart. It was a plain white solid building - deceptive as
  to size, since it was a good deal bigger than it looked. It owed its name to its position, high up,
  overlooking the harbour of Loomouth. Indeed from one corner of the terrace, protected by a strong
  balustrade, there was a sheer drop to the sea below. By road Crow’s Nest was a mile from the town.
  The road ran inland and then zigzagged high up above the sea. On foot it was accessible in seven
  minutes by the steep fisherman’s path that Sir Charles Cartwright was ascending at this minute.
  Sir Charles was a well-built, sunburnt man of middle age. He wore old grey flannel trousers and
  a whit