The Highlanders (novelisation)
This novelisation is based on the original television serial TV: The Highlanders, written by Gerry Davis and Elwyn Jones and shown from 17 December 1966.
The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition which features the artwork of Nick Spender. (See below for information on editions published with different covers).
Publisher's summary
History books don't always tell the whole story. Certainly there is no record of an episode that occurred when the Scots, led by Bonnie Prince Charlie, were defeated by the English at the Battle of Culloden in 1746...
And the presence at the time of a blue police box on the Scottish moors seems to have escaped the notice of most eye-witnesses....
THE HIGHLANDERS sets the record straight. And while the incidents described may not be of great interest to historians, for Jamie McCrimmon they mark the beginning of a series of extraordinary adventures.
Book Chapters
01 - Where are we?
02 - The Cottage
03 - The Captives
04 - The Handsome Lieutenant
05 - Polly and Kirsty
06 - Polly's Prisoner
07 - The Water Dungeon
08 - Blackmail!
09 - The Doctor's New Clothes
10 - Aboard the Annabelle
11 - At the Sea Eagle
12 - The Little Auld Lady
13 - A Ducking for Ben
14 - Where is the Prince?
15 - The Fight for the Brig
16 - Algernon Again
17 - A Return to the Cottage
Illustrations
- Contains no illustrated pages
Deviations from televised story
- The inn; the Sea Eagle is not named within the surviving audio of The Highlanders, though it is mentioned frequently in the novelisation.
Writing and publishing notes
- Dedication: To Jennifer, Emily and Isabelle. With love.
Additional cover images
To be added
British publication history
- To be added
First Publication:
- Hardback
- W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
- Paperback
- Target
Re-issues:
- None
Editions published outside Britain
To be added
See also
- The Target Book by David J Howe (Telos Publishing 2007)
