The Scottish Highlanders and Their Regiments

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, 1971. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 224 pages. Note: Typographical error in Table of Contents, chapter 11 starts at page 127 in text, not 107 as listed. Very slightly cocked. Minor page discoloration. Illustrations. Preface. Introduction. Chapters on: Formation, Dress, Recruiting, Character and Discipline, Religion and Sobriety, Mutinies, Pipes and Pipers, Ships and Shipwrecks, Medical and Surgical, Second Sight, Wives and Camp Followers, Remarkable Characters, Exceptional Battles, In North America, In the Near and Far Eat, and In Europe, Portugal and Spain. Appendix A. The Cardwell Reforms and Effects. Appendix B. The Highland Regiments. Appendix C. The Fencible Regiments. Bibliography. Index. DJ is price clipped and has some wear and soiling. Michael Brander was born in Edinburgh and educated in London and Cambridge. He served with the 10th Royal Hussars in North Africa and Italy, was wounded in 1944 and invalided, greeting VE day on his 21st birthday minus quadriceps. By riding he learned to walk again, returned to Cambridge and completed an MA in history, read for the bar (Middle Temple), worked briefly in the City of London before setting up his own company and stud farm in 1951, making and schooling horses. In 1955 he wrote his first book -- on dog training -- and turned to full-time writing. His works include biography, military and social history, travel and guide books. This was written by the Scots veteran and historian Michael Brander. A "considerable race of hillmen" whose language and customs differed radically from other inhabitants of the British Isles, the Highlanders were systematically persecuted by the British and mistrusted by the Lowland Scots. The 1746 battle of Culloden ended not only the Scottish nation but the clan system itself, leading to the despoliation of the Highlands and the dispersion of its people around the world. Michael Brander's lively history focuses on those who stayed behind, who found an outlet for their fighting spirit in the Highland regiments of the British army, where their traditions survived to become a proud national legacy. Using battle accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries, Brander illustrates Highlander customs and manners, and reveals their proud, haunting echo in modern Scotland.