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Glencoe : The Story of the Massacre

Glencoe : The Story of the Massacre

John Prebble

'You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and to put all to the sword under seventy.' This was the treacherous and cold-blooded order ruthlessly carried out on 13 February 1692, when the Campbells slaughtered their hosts the MacDonalds at the Massacre of Glencoe. This book describes the terrible events at Glencoe.
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'You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and to put all to the sword under seventy.'

This was the treacherous and cold-blooded order ruthlessly carried out on 13 February 1692, when the Campbells slaughtered their hosts the MacDonalds at the Massacre of Glencoe. It was a bloody incident which had deep repercussions and was the beginning of the destruction of the Highlanders.

John Prebble’s masterly description of the terrible events at Glencoe was praised as ‘Evocative and powerful’ in the Sunday Telegraph.

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Title - Glencoe : The Story of the Massacre

Edition -

Author - John Prebble

ISBN 13 - 9780140028973

Imprint - Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher - Penguin Books Ltd

Date Published - 25/01/1973

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No. of pages -

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 130 x 198 x 18mm

Weight - 227 g

Languages - English