Although the nineteenth-century elite looked on the Highlands and Islands as a sporting paradise, for the indigenous population it was a turbulent place. Even the Hebridean seas had their dangers while the islands seethed with discontent. This title reveals the reality behind the facade of romantic tartan and vast estates.
Author Malcolm Archibald received the 2005 Dundee Book Prize. This latest book, written in a vibrant and accessible style, follows in the style of his successful A Sink of Atrocity, which chronicled the crimes and punishments of the citizens of Victorian Dundee. Malcolm Archibald lives near Elgin in northern Scotland.
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