Nothing Left to Fear from Hell: Darkland Tales

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A battle lost. A daring escape. A long walk into obscurity. The ultimate failure.

In the aftermath of the disastrous Battle of Culloden, a lonely figure takes flight with a small band of companions through the islands and mountains of the Hebrides. His name is Charles Edward Stuart: better known today as Bonnie Prince Charlie. He had come to the country to take the throne. Now he is leaving in exile and abject defeat.

In prose that is by turns poetic, comic, macabre, haunting and humane, multi-award-winning author Alan Warner traces the frantic last journey through Scotland of a man who history will come to define for his failure.

Reviews

'By turns funny and furious, raucous and rueful, Warner unravels this story of abject failure with winning aplomb'

* Daily Mail *

'Written in carefully crafted prose shot through with cleverly-deployed alliteration and assonance, this reimagining of Charles Edward Stuarts escape from Culloden is a triumph'

-- Stuart Kelly * The Scotsman *

'Warner masticates on language joyously,' 'a brilliantly chewy recreation,' 'Its easy to imagine Robert Louis Stevenson and Walter Scott grinning in admiration at these lines'

-- John Quin * The National *

'Polygon Books' Darkland Tales series of novellas have been among Scottish literature's most exciting books of recent times'

* Snack Magazine,10 Best Scottish Books for 2023 *

'There's something about the author's style and use of language that draws you into the moment in a very visual way'

-- Ken Lussey * Undiscovered Scotland *

'a thrilling historical novel'

* Scots Magazine *

'Bringing a fascinating historical figure to vivid life, the author of Morvern Callar and Kitchenly 434 reimagines the last, dramatic flight of Bonnie Prince Charlie in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden'

* Waterstones Says *

'Every bit as gloriously immersive and vibrantly surreal as youd hope'

-- James Scudamore, author of English Monsters

'One of the most interesting developments in Scottish publishing'

* The Scotsman on the Darkland Tales series *

'A tour-de-force of the author's fertile imagination... Warner has painted a warts-and-all canvas of a volatile, violent period'

* Press and Journal *

'I have not read anything quite like it. Warner's style is captivating'

* Dundee Courier, 9/10 Book of the Week *

'So, so beautifully evocative...a resounding success of a novella and comes as highly recommended by our team'

* LoveReading, Book of the Month *

'A story that is lyrical and humane but peppered with dark humour'

* Sunday Post *

'visceral, vulgar, vivid, by turns comic and grotesque, yet with a powerful undertow of elegy and sorrow'

-- Rosemary Goring * Herald *

Author Bio

Alan Warner is one of Scotland's best loved literary figures. His debut, Morvern Callaris a contemporary classic; both it and The Sopranos have been made into famous films. He has been nominated for the Booker Prize and many other awards. He teaches at the University of Aberdeen.