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The Highland Clearances

ID 532907
Slug the-highland-clearances-john-prebble
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Description In the terrible aftermath of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs ... Following his magnificent reconstruction of the moorland battle in <em>Culloden</em>, 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.
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Publisher Penguin
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Language eng
Page count 336
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Publication date first 1963-01-01
Publication date latest 1969-01-01
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