or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
24 used & new from £1.45

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Night Falls on Ardnamurchan: The Twilight of a Crofting Family
 
 

Night Falls on Ardnamurchan: The Twilight of a Crofting Family (Paperback)

by Alasdair Maclean (Author)
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
RRP: £7.99
Price: £5.01 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £2.98 (37%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Want guaranteed delivery by Tuesday, November 17? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
15 new from £3.15 9 used from £1.45

Frequently Bought Together

Customers buy this book with Calum's Road by Roger Hutchinson

Night Falls on Ardnamurchan: The Twilight of a Crofting Family + Calum's Road
Price For Both: £11.00

Show availability and delivery details

  • This item: Night Falls on Ardnamurchan: The Twilight of a Crofting Family by Alasdair Maclean

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • Calum's Road by Roger Hutchinson

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions


Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Calum's Road

Calum's Road

by Roger Hutchinson
4.4 out of 5 stars (12)  £5.99
Mountaineering in Scotland

Mountaineering in Scotland

by W.H. Murray
5.0 out of 5 stars (4)  £9.48
Ardnamurchan, Moidart, Sunart and Loch Shiel (OS Explorer Map Series)

Ardnamurchan, Moidart, Sunart and Loch Shiel (OS Explorer Map Series)

by Ordnance Survey
£7.19
Walks Mallaig and Ardnamurchan (Hallewell Pocket Walking Guides)

Walks Mallaig and Ardnamurchan (Hallewell Pocket Walking Guides)

by John Wombell
£2.95
A Croft in the Hills

A Croft in the Hills

by Katharine Stewart
4.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £6.49
Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Birlinn Ltd; New edition edition (27 Oct 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841581593
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841581590
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 207,810 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Product Description

Review

'Marvellous; part elegy for a bitterly uneven marriage of man and nature, part excuse for unravelling his own roots' - Observer 'A master of elegant prose, and his book is a refreshing change from the usual diet of rural tales' - Sunday Tribune 'A brutally honest account of the author's family's attempt to come to grips with an unyielding earth' - The Scotsman


Product Description

SINCE ITS FIRST PUBLICATION in 1984, Night Falls in Ardnamurchan has become a classic account of the life and death of a Highland community. The author weaves his own humorous and perceptive account of crofting with extracts from his father's journal - a terse, factual and down to earth vision of the day-to-day tasks of crofting life. It is an unusual and memorable story that also illuminates the shifting, often tortuous relationships between children and their parents. Alasdair Maclean reveals his own struggle to come to terms with his background and the isolated community he left so often and to which he returned again and again. In this isolated community is seen a microcosm of something central to Scottish identity - the need to escape against the tug of home.

Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 

Your tags: Add your first tag
 

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Night Falls on Ardnamurchan: The Twilight of a Crofting Family
75% buy the item featured on this page:
Night Falls on Ardnamurchan: The Twilight of a Crofting Family 4.0 out of 5 stars (1)
£5.01
Walks Mallaig and Ardnamurchan (Hallewell Pocket Walking Guides)
9% buy
Walks Mallaig and Ardnamurchan (Hallewell Pocket Walking Guides)
£2.95
Calum's Road
7% buy
Calum's Road 4.4 out of 5 stars (12)
£5.99
Ardnamurchan, Moidart, Sunart and Loch Shiel (OS Explorer Map Series)
7% buy
Ardnamurchan, Moidart, Sunart and Loch Shiel (OS Explorer Map Series)
£7.19

 

Customer Reviews

1 Review
5 star:    (0)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars What the Rough Guide doesn't tell you..., 31 Jan 2002
By A Customer
I returned to this book after visiting Ardnamurchan not just because I wanted a reminder of that starkly beautiful place but because I was haunted by Alistair Maclean's portrait of his father, which dominates the first half of the book. His upbringing could not be more different from my own, but the perceptive observations on the relationships between children and their parents struck a very resounding chord. The evocation of landscape is equally accurate, as anyone who has been to the wind-whipped hamlet of Sanna will appreciate. The second part which deals with Maclean's return to Ardnamurchan and his struggle to live and work there, is a little hard going, but worth persevering with. His sense of humour is also an unexpected bonus in what could be a relentless read.

A minor quibble about the cover photograph - very pretty and Colin Baxter but nothing like as appropriate as the original edition which was all shrunken crofts and overbearing cliffs. But a big hurrah to the publishers for unearthing what was the Lord Lucan of Scottish travel writing - the book I'd heard much about but had to wait years to actually read and have my own copy of.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews



Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums


Listmania!


Look for similar items by category


Look for similar items by subject


Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.