JOHN SAYLES In Person With Paul
JOHN SAYLES chats to Paul Burke about his historical novel JAMIE MacGILLIVRAY, the dialogue of Peter Cooke & Dudley Moore, British grub, perspectives of history and historical fiction.
JAMIE MacGILLIVRAY: It begins in the highlands of Scotland in 1746, at the Battle of Culloden, the last desperate stand of the Stuart 'pretender' to the throne of the Three Kingdoms, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and his rabidly loyal supporters. Vanquished with his comrades by the forces of the Hanoverian (and Protestant) British crown, the novel's eponymous hero, Jamie MacGillivray, narrowly escapes a roadside…
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