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At Holyroodhouse, one picture captures the crushing defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie' s Highland soldiers. Perhaps it' s just as well the picture' s not so easy to get a good look at. It' s a piece of propaganda. It shows the government troops clearly with the upper hand, well dressed, well armed and then the supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie, exhausted, starving. They looked like a rabble and certainly they were no match for the government troops. Culloden was a bloodsoaked massacre. When the battle was over, the blood lust was running so high among the victors they went on to slaughter men, women and children unfortunate enough to be living near by. Charles escaped to France, but he never got over his failure to take the British crown. In Scotland, the authorities cracked down on his rebel supporters. Highlanders could no longer wear tartan, now a crime against the state. Almost 60 years passed before they could sport it again. |
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hé lǐ lù dé gōng yǒu fú tú huà, huì chū zhā lǐ wáng zǐ gāo dì bù duì dà bài de qíng jǐng. tú huà bù yì kàn dào, wèi cháng bú shì hǎo shì. zhè shì yī fú xuān chuán pǐn, xiǎn shì zhèng fǔ jūn zhàn jǐn shàng fēng. tā men chuān zhe zhěng qí bīng qì jīng liáng, zhā lǐ wáng zǐ de bù xià què yòu lèi yòu è, kàn lái shì yī pī wū hé zhī zhòng, wán quán bú shì zhèng fǔ jūn de duì shǒu. kǎ luò dēng zhī yì shì yī chǎng xuè xīng dà tú shā, dǎ wán zhī hòu, shèng fāng shā hóng le yǎn, lián zhù zài fù jìn de nán nǚ lǎo yòu yě yí gè bù liú. zhā lǐ táo wǎng fǎ guó, duì yú duó wèi shī bài, yī zhí gěng gěng yú huái. zài sū gé lán, zhèng fǔ dà lì zhèn yā pàn dǎng, gāo dì rén bù néng zài chuān gé zi ní fú zhuāng, yīn wèi gòu chéng pàn guó zuì, jī jìn 60 nián hòu, cái kě yǐ zài chuān dào shēn shàng. |