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Patrick Sellar And The Highland Clearances Homicide Eviction And The Price Of Progress Eric Richards

  • SKU: BELL-51974182
Patrick Sellar And The Highland Clearances Homicide Eviction And The Price Of Progress Eric Richards
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Patrick Sellar And The Highland Clearances Homicide Eviction And The Price Of Progress Eric Richards instant download after payment.

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
File Extension: PDF
File size: 7.98 MB
Pages: 352
Author: Eric Richards
ISBN: 9781474472005, 1474472001
Language: English
Year: 2022

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Patrick Sellar And The Highland Clearances Homicide Eviction And The Price Of Progress Eric Richards by Eric Richards 9781474472005, 1474472001 instant download after payment.

Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year Award


In April 1816 Patrick Sellar was brought to trial in Inverness for culpable homicide for his treatment of the Highlanders of Strathnaver, the most northerly part of the Scottish highlands. In the process of evicting them from their ancient lands he had allegedly burnt houses, destroyed mills and wrecked pastures. There is perhaps no more hated nor reviled individual in Highland history.


This outstanding new book, however, gives a balanced assessment of the man, a vivid account of a terrible episode in Highland history, and a riveting narration of a tormented life.


Richard's book is an account of Sellar's life and times: that he was ruthless, avaricious, devious and cruel is beyond question. But his letters suggest a streak of idealism: did he really believe that the displaced highlanders would be better off, better fed, educated and housed in their new homes? Have the Highlands in the end become more productive and prosperous? In the course of his fast-moving and gripping account, Eric Richards looks carefully at these vexed questions.

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