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Camp 165 Watten: Scotland's Most Secretive Prisoner Of War Camp Valerie Campbell
Drawing on oral testemonies and other sources, the author has compiled a history of one of the most secretive POW camps in Britain, situated in Watten, Caithness. The camp's influences on present-day Caithness and on the wider world are illustrated, as are the daily lives of its inmates - some of them highranking Germans.
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Clan Donald's Greatest Defeat John Sadler
One of the bloodiest battles in Scottish history and a devastating defeat for Clan Donald, the battle of 'Red' Harlaw was fought on 24 July 1411. It is one of the most famous fought on Scottish soil and infamous for the ferocity and duration of the fighting.
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The Clan Mackay: A Celtic Resistance To Feudal Superiority Margaret O. MacDougall
This text traces the history of the clan Mackay, from their establishment of a clan stronghold in Sutherland in the 13th century, through their role in the Jacobite rebellion, to the modern day members of the clan.
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Commando Country Stuart Allan
The remote and rough terrain of the Scottish Highlands came into its own as a training ground for special service training during the Second World War. This book looks at the variety of training establishments set up and how use was made of the landscape and coastline and specialist civilian skills such as stalking and mountaineering.
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Culloden: The Last Charge Of The Highlands Clans, 1746 John Sadler
'Culloden', written by John Sadler, is a narrative history of one of the most famous battles in Scottish history. The book tells the story of the people who fought there, how they came to stand as they did on that snowy heath, what motivated them and who led them.
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The Guide To The Mysterious Loch Ness And The Inverness Area Geoff Holder
Illustrated with more than 100 images, this is a guide to supernatural, paranormal, folkloric, eccentric and mysterious events that have occurred on and around Loch Ness and the surrounding area of Inverness.
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The Highland Clearances Trail Rob Gibson
'The Highland Clearances Trail' will answer the where, why, what and whens of the Highland clearances. Taking you around the significant sites of the Highland clearances this vivid guide gives you a scholarly introduction to a tragic moment in Scotland's history.
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Highland Railway: People And Places Neil T. Sinclair
The opening of the Inverness and Nairn Railway in 1855 was one of the most significant events in the history of the Highlands. This book looks at the social history of the railway line through the lives of those who worked on it, and the communities in which they lived.
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The History Of The Highland Clearances Alexander Mackenzie
The tragedy of the Clearances, brought about by cynical, often absentee landlords, is a black page in Scotland's history. Written while the effects it describes were still unfolding, Mackenzie's history brings the distress before the reader.
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Inverness James Miller
Drawing on archive material from a wide range of sources, James Miller looks at the past of the city on the Ness and conveys the drama of its long existence.
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