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McNab
In 1823, Archibald McNab, thirteenth Chief of Clan McNab, eluded his creditors in Scotland and escaped to Upper Canada, to the banks of the Ottawa River. In 1825, McNab paid for the passage of 115 emigrants from Perthshire. He tried to impose a feudal system by having his settlers sign bonds and location tickets for their lots. McNab is the story of the settlers' sixteen-year struggle to free themselves from the tyranny of a Highland chief who held tenaciously to the tradition of the Scottish clan.
The Anger Beneath
When a body turns up in mysterious circumstances, in the Scottish Highlands, there are very few clues to the identity of the deceased man: blue overalls and a numbered tattoo on his ankle. Shortly afterwards, another body turns up in the West Country, once again in unexplained circumstances. The dead man was wearing blue overalls and had a numbered tattoo on his ankle. When further violent incidents occur, in a range of locations across the country, Scotland Yard realise they are dealing with a dangerous criminal organisation. The roots of the organisation go back to the 1950s when it was a benign group of peace protesters. But over the years, something has gone horribly wrong.
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The Benign Aristocrats
The years 1951 to 1964 were years of undeniable prosperity and progress. They were the years in which Conservative Governments decided not to dismantle Labour’s National Health Service and Welfare State, and for this they must be given a certain amount of credit. The four prime ministers concerned were all from an aristocratic background, but they had learned very quickly that times had changed and that they had to change with them. The result was that these years (and the periods of Labour rule before and after) saw possibly the best governance that Britain has ever experienced. This book, written from an uncompromising Socialist and working-class background, gives a great deal of credit to “the benign aristocrats”, but does not minimise their failures, in particular the Suez affair of 1956.
