Knoydart (Paperback)

Denis Rixson

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: Birlinn General, Edinburgh, 2018

1912476126 / 9781912476121

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Paperback. Knoydart the northern edge of the Rough Bounds is one of the most evocative names in Scotland. This text offers a history of Knoydart from the earliest times to the present day. A remote and desolate peninsula, its name derives from Viking settlers who only reckoned it worth three ouncelands compared to five for the island of Eigg.Its warlike but impoverished inhabitants caused endless problems for their neighbours during the 17th century before becoming notorious in the 18th century under the leadership of Coll of Barrisdale. His protection racket has bequeathed the word blackmail to the English language and he was notorious across Scotland. For the Jacobites, as well, Knoydart was a fertile recruiting ground. In the 18th and 19th centuries the area suffered large scale emigration, partly as a result of the brutal clearances of 1853. A further long century of decline followed, during which sheep and then deer were preferred to people. In 1948 discontent swelled again and it became the scene of the famous land-raid by the Seven men from Knoydart. It has changed hands more often in the last 150 years than in the previous 700 years. The land continues to lie at the heart of the Knoydart problem and the book attempts to place events in their larger historical context. The story of Britains last wilderness, this is the struggle of a community to preserve itself against the harshness of the environment and the cynical exploitation of man. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Titolo
Knoydart (Paperback)
Autore
Denis Rixson
Editore
Birlinn General, Edinburgh
Anno di pubblicazione
2018
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1912476126
ISBN 13
9781912476121

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