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TheHighland Clearances by Prebble, John ( Author ) ON May-31-1973, Paperback

TheHighland Clearances by Prebble, John ( Author ) ON May-31-1973, Paperback

John Prebble

In the terrible aftermath of the battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Offering a reconstruction of Culloden, the author recounts how the Highlanders were deserted and then betrayed into famine and poverty. While their chiefs grew rich on meat and wool, the people died of cholera and starvation.
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In the terrible aftermath of the moorland battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Following his magnificent reconstruction of Culloden, John Prebble recounts how the Highlanders were deserted and then betrayed into famine and poverty. While their chiefs grew rich on meat and wool, the people died of cholera and starvation or, evicted from the glens to make way for sheep, were forced to emigrate to foreign lands.

‘Mr Prebble tells a terrible story excellently. There is little need to search further to explain so much of the sadness and emptiness of the northern Highlands today’ The Times.

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Title - TheHighland Clearances by Prebble, John ( Author ) ON May-31-1973, Paperback

Edition -

Author - John Prebble

ISBN 13 - 9780140028379

Imprint - Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher - Penguin Books Ltd

Date Published - 25/03/1982

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No. of pages -

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 129 x 198 x 20mm

Weight - 234 g

Languages - English