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The Highland Clearances by John Prebble Penguin Books Paperback 1978
Once the chiefs lost their powers many of them lost also any parental interest in their clansmen. During the next hundred years they continued the work of Cumberland's battalions." The closing sentences of John Prebble's Culladen provide an introduction to The Highland Clearances. This is the story of how the Highlanders were deserted and then betrayed by their own clan chiefs - and of the famine and pestilence which followed their eviction from the glens to make way for sheep. While the chiefs became rich from meat and wool, their people died of cholera and starvation, or were forced to emigrate to unknown 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 Book is in good condition. General shelf/corner ware. Spine creasing. Some marks on the front and back cover. A solid reading copy. Please see photos for details, and let me know if you have any questions.
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