Description
In the 1830s and 40s the district of Glendale on Skye was swamped by immigrants cleared from other North Skye estates. The overcrowding created simmering anger - not against the incomers, but against the landowners who regarded their tenants as no better than chattels. This is the story of what happened when the discontent erupted and a full-scale land-war ensued, involving the police, factors and bailiffs, the courts, the navy gunboat HMS Jackal and the Prime Minister himself - and how the Glendale martyrs changed Scottish crofting forever. By the author of Calum’s Road.
Details
- Author: Hutchinson, Roger
- Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 15/10/2015
- ISBN: 9781780273228
- B-Code: B020607
- Illustrated: B/w illustrations
- Pages: 224
- Dimensions: 198x129mm
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