Fighting for Liberty by Stephen M. Carter uses original sources to give a blow-by-blow account of the campaign of 1685. A conflict that started in Orkney and ended on the battlefield of Sedgemoor. Today, there is a myth that the rebels were a misguided peasant rabble, easily put down by lines of red-coated soldiers, but this is not reflected in original letters, marching orders, and documents. These tell quite different histories.

So, why is our understanding of the campaign, unlike the eyewitness accounts? Answering this question has been the focus of over 20 years of research, and as a result, this book offers a fresh perspective on the events called the Monmouth Rebellion. The book covers every aspect of the 1685 campaign, the preparations and engagements both in Scotland and England.