In this thrilling history, the legendary battle is seen through the eyes and experiences of its participants. It is a history of the people rather than the Prince.
John Prebble was born in the UK in 1915 but spent his boyhood in Canada. He became a journalist in 1934 and went on to become an historian, novelist, film-writer and the author of several highly praised plays and dramatised documentaries for BBC TV and Radio. He became interested in Culloden when he was a boy in a predominantly Scottish township in Canada. He died in January 2001.
[Culloden] is romantic and tragic, and helped me, as a London boy,
to develop a love of Scotland that lasted my whole life.
*The Week*
Prebble and Scotland down the years have become as inseparable as
oatcakes and whisky. He has...succeeded in giving the Scots a fresh
awareness of their past.
*Daily Telegraph*
One of Prebble's great strengths is his ability to empathise with
his subject matter.
*Daily Mail*
Marked by formidable research and passionate commitment to the
cause of the poorest.
*Spectator*
One of our leading historians, whose works...are as scholarly as
they are readable
*Observer*
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