The Highland Clearances by John Prebble Paperback Book

Description: The Highland Clearances by 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. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Author Biography John Prebble was an English journalist, novelist, documentarian and popular historian. He is best known for his studies of Scottish history. Kirkus UK Review With the banning of private armies in the late 18th century, the relation of the Scottish clan chiefs to their kinsmen and tenants became increasingly economic rather than military. Overpopulation of the Highlands, the failure of the Kelp industry and then of the potato crop in the 1840s left sheep as the only profitable Highland product. This eventaully led to the forced removal of many thousands of Highland tenants from their ancestral lands. Widely regarded as a betrayal of trust, the clearances brought to an end any remaining romantic-feudal notions of duty and obligation in the face of the forces of market capitalism. Prebble convincingly portrays the nature of the New Realism. (Kirkus UK) Promotional "Headline" While Joan Lindsays haunting Australian classic Picnic at Hanging Rock is a work of fiction, the story is often considered one of Australias greatest mysteries. Details ISBN0140028374 Author John Prebble Pages 336 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-10 0140028374 ISBN-13 9780140028379 Format Paperback Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 941.1072 Illustrations maps, bibliography Birth 1915 Media Book Short Title HIGHLAND CLEARANCES Alternative 9780141933160 Audience General NZ Release Date 1982-03-24 AU Release Date 1982-03-24 Year 1973 Publication Date 1973-05-31 UK Release Date 1973-05-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:627055;

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