The Appin murder : the killing that shook a nation
Hunter, James, 1948-2021
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On a hillside near Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands in May 1752 a rider is assassinated by a gunman. The murdered man is Colin Campbell, a government agent travelling to nearby Duror where he's evicting farm tenants to make way for his relatives. Campbell's killer evades capture, but Britain's rulers insist this challenge to their authority must result in a hanging. The sacrificial victim is James Stewart, who is organising resistance to Campbell's takeover of lands long held by his clan, the Appin Stewarts. In Duror he sees homes torched by troops using terror tactics against rebel Highlanders. The same brutal response to dissent means that James's corpse will for years hang from a towering gibbet and leave a community utterly ravaged. Historian James Hunter tells how his own Duror upbringing introduced him to the tragic story of James Stewart.
Main title:
The Appin murder : the killing that shook a nation / James Hunter.
Author:
Hunter, James, 1948-, author
Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2021.
Collation:
320 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781780277202 (pbk)9781788853224 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
941.1'072'092941.107941.1071941.107209364.1523
Local class:
B CAM941.107
Language:
English
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BRN:
2909158