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This is the story of ordinary men & women involved in the Rebellion who were described on the gaol registers & regimental rosters of the time as ' Common Men' There is little in this book about Bonnie Prince Charlie & other principals of the last Jacobite Rising of 1745 Culloden recalls them by name & action presenting the battle as it was for them describing their life as fugitives in the glens or as prisoners in the gaols & hulks their transportation to the Virginias or their deaths on the gallows at Kennington Common The book begins in the rain at five o'clock on the morning of Wednesday 16 April 1746 when the Royal Army marched out of Nairn to fight the clans on Culloden Moor It is not a partisan book its feeling is for the ' Common Men' on both sides
- John Grant charging with Clan Chatten & seeing the white gaiters of the British infantry suddenly as the east wind lifted the cannon smoke & Private Andrew Taylor in a red coat waiting for Clan Chatten to reach him likening them to 'a troop of hungry wolves' Culloden reminds us too that many of the men who harried the glens as ruthlessly as the Nazis in Occupied Europe were in fact Scots themselves It recalls the fact that many men in Prince Charles' army had been forced to join him It shows that a British foot-soldier's wish for a sup of brandy on a cold morning before battle is as much a reality as a Prince's pretensions to a throne The detail for the story told in Culloden has come from regimental Order Books & manuals from contemporary newspapers & magazines from the letters & memoirs of soldiers & officers eye-witness accounts of atrocity & persecution & the personal stories of the victims themselves Culloden is the story not of a Prince but of a people
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play CULLODEN THE WAR GAME (Dual Format Edition) Two films by Peter Watkins Culloden Watkins first full-length film a docudrama made for the BBC portrays the 1746 Battle of Culloden which in the words of the narrator &tore apart forever the clan system of the Scottish Highlands& The film was hailed as a breakthrough for its cinematography as well as its use of non-professional actors & presentation of an historical event in the style of modern TV reporting The War Game is Watkins 1965 Academy Award-winning television drama-documentary depicting a nuclear war written directed & produced by Peter Watkins for the BBC&s The Wednesday Play anthology series The film shows the prelude to & immediate weeks of the aftermath of a Soviet nuclear attack against Britain Told in the style of a news magazine programme the cast was made up of non-actors with narration by Peter Graham & Michael Aspel reading"ations from source material Watkins is known for pushing boundaries to the extreme with his documentaries & his films continue to inspire today The films in this collection have been remastered to High Definition & are presented on Blu-ray for the very first time Special features Culloden commentary by Dr John Cook The War Game commentary by Patrick Murphy Interview with editor Mike Bradsell (2015) Illustrated booklet with essays & full credits ...

The Battle of Culloden has gone down in history as the last major battle fought on British soil a vicious confrontation between Scottish forces supporting the Stuart claim to the throne & the English Royal Army But this wasn't just a conflict between the Scots & the English the battle was also part of a much larger campaign to protect the British Isles from the growing threat of a French invasion In Trevor Royle's vivid & evocative narrative we are drawn into the ranks on both sides alongside doomed Jacobites fighting fellow Scots dressed in the red coats of the Duke of Cumberland's Royal Army & we meet the Duke himself a skilled warrior who would gain notoriety due to the reprisals on Highland clans in the battle's aftermath Royle also takes us beyond the battle as the men of the Royal Army galvanized by its success at Culloden expand dramatically & start to fight campaigns overseas in America & India in order to secure British interests; we see the revolutionary use of fighting techniques first implemented at Culloden; & the creation of professional fighting forces Culloden changed the course of British history by ending all hope of the Stuarts reclaiming the throne cementing Hanoverian rule & forming the bedrock for the creation of the British Empire Royle's lively & provocative history looks afresh at the period & unveils its true significance not only as the end of a struggle for the throne but the beginning of a new global power ...