‘The People Are Not There’: The Transformation of Badenoch 1800-1863
David Taylor John Donald/Birlinn, (Edinburgh, 2022) pp.448 Hardback, £40.00; paperback, £25.00; Kindle, £20.89 ISBN: 9781910900819 & 978 1910900987
David Taylor’s tells the story of how one highland region – Badenoch – changed in the half-century from 1800 to 1863, going from a peopled and populated landscape to one of deserted settlements and ‘wild’ moorlands. It is Taylor’s second book on this topic, following his excellent (John Donald, 2016) that charted Badenoch’s history from 1750 to 1800. told the story of ashows how these trends accelerated into the 19th century, with significant and lasting consequences for Badenoch and its people.
