Whisky Wars, Riots and Murder: Crime in the 19th Century Highlands and Islands
Whisky Wars, Riots and Murder 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...
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Whisky Wars, Riots and Murder 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. Full description
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781845026967 (1845026969)
Publish date: November 20th 2013
Publisher: B & W Pub
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
DNF at 50% might try to pick it up another time.This is partly my fault because I didn't read the description properly before buying this book. I had expected a proper true-crime book that takes a handful of cases and covers them quite in-depth but this books takes certain types of crime (smuggling,...
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