Glencoe: The Story of the Massacre

Description

Product ID:	9780140028973
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Glencoe
Subtitle:	The Story of the Massacre
Authors:	Author: John Prebble
Page Count:	304
Subjects:	European history, British & Irish history, History, War and defence operations, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, War & defence operations, Scotland
Description:	'You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and to put all to the sword under seventy.' This was the treacherous and cold-blooded order ruthlessly carried out on 13 February 1692, when the Campbells slaughtered their hosts the MacDonalds at the Massacre of Glencoe. This book describes the terrible events at Glencoe. ''You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and to put all to the sword under seventy.'' This was the treacherous and cold-blooded order ruthlessly carried out on 13 February 1692, when the Campbells slaughtered their hosts the MacDonalds at the Massacre of Glencoe. It was a bloody incident which had deep repercussions and was the beginning of the destruction of the Highlanders. John Prebble’s masterly description of the terrible events at Glencoe was praised as ‘Evocative and powerful’ in the Sunday Telegraph.
Imprint Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	1973-01-25

Weight	226 g
Dimensions	195 × 142 × 17 mm