Edward Corp is Professor of British History at the University of Toulouse and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His previous publications include A Court in Exile: The Stuarts in France, 1689–1718 (Cambridge University Press, 2004) and The Jacobites at Urbino (2009).

• Introduction; Part I. Rome, 1719–29: 1. The Stuarts and the Papacy: I; 2. The Palazzo del Re; 3. James III, Queen Clementina and Roman society; 4. The Stuarts and Italian operatic life; 5. The portraits of the Stuarts and their courtiers: I; 6. The Jacobite courtiers, 1719–26; 7. Tensions within the Royal household, 1719–24; 8. The separation of the King and the Queen, 1725–6; Part II. Bologna, 1726–9: 9. The division of the Court, 1726–7; 10. The reorganisation of the Court, 1727–9; Part III. Rome, 1729–66: 11. The Stuarts and the Papacy: II; 12. James III, the Stuart princes and Roman society; 13. The Stuarts and Italian music; 14. The portraits of the Stuarts and their courtiers: II; 15. The composition of the Court, 1729–47; 16. Freemasons and factions within the Royal household, 1729–47; 17. The decline of the Court, 1747–66; Conclusion.

'Corp's books on the topic of the Stuart Courts have always been excellent, and they have been getting better. The Stuarts in Italy, 1719–1766 is absolutely outstanding in its detail, its findings, its implications, and its evidence base. If it is not to be the last word, someone is going to have to work very hard to say much else.' Murray Pittock, Journal of British Studies