The Appin Murder: The Killing That Shook a Nation

by James Hunter

On a hillside near Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands in May 1752 a rider is assassinated by a gunman. The murdered man is Colin Campbell, a government agent travelling to nearby Duror where he's evicting farm tenants to make way for his relatives. Campbell's killer evades capture, but Britain's rulers insist this challenge to their authority must result in a hanging. The sacrificial victim is James Stewart, who is organising resistance to Campbell's...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780277202
• ISBN13: 9781780277202
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Birlinn
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.7"