Culloden by John Prebble - ISBN: 9780712668200
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Ordinary lives, brutal battle: Culloden through the common man’s eyes.

Culloden

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 2002

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Summary

In this thrilling history, the legendary battle is seen through the eyes and experiences of its participants. It is a history of the people rather than the Prince.

This is the story of ordinary men and women involved in the Rebellion, who were described on the gaol registers and regimental rosters of the time as ‘Common Men’. There is little in this book about Bonnie Prince Charlie and other principals of the last Jacobite Rising of 1745. Culloden recalls them by name and action, pres…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780712668200
ISBN-10:0712668209
Author:John Prebble
Publisher:Vintage
Imprint:Pimlico
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:1 July 2002
Weight:268g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 23mm
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Critics Review

[ Culloden ] is romantic and tragic, and helped me, as a London boy, to develop a love of Scotland that lasted my whole life.

[Culloden] is romantic and tragic, and helped me, as a London boy, to develop a love of Scotland that lasted my whole life. – David Aaronovitch * The Week *
Prebble and Scotland down the years have become as inseparable as oatcakes and whisky. He has…succeeded in giving the Scots a fresh awareness of their past. * Daily Telegraph *
One of Prebble’s great strengths is his ability to empathise with his subject matter. * Daily Mail *
Marked by formidable research and passionate commitment to the cause of the poorest. * Spectator *
One of our leading historians, whose works…are as scholarly as they are readable * Observer *

About The Author

John Prebble

John Prebble was born in the UK in 1915 but spent his boyhood in Canada. He became a journalist in 1934 and went on to become an historian, novelist, film-writer and the author of several highly praised plays and dramatised documentaries for BBC TV and Radio. He became interested in Culloden when he was a boy in a predominantly Scottish township in Canada. He died in January 2001.

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