INGLORIOUS: CONFLICT IN THE UPLANDS. By Mark Avery.

(2015) ND later reprint. 8vo (137 x 222mm). Pp304. Not illustrated. Black boards, spine titled in red gilt.

This book "makes the case for banning driven grouse shooting. The facts and arguments are presented fairly but the author, Mark Avery, states from the start why, after many years of soul-searching, he has come down in favour of an outright ban." Mark Avery spent thirteen years as Conservation Director of the RSPB - this book is his account of the RSPB campaign against grouse shooting. Chapters include: The harrier harried; A short introduction to grouse shooting; Langholm - the end of the beginning; The battle lines are drawn; The beginning of the end - 2014; The sunlit uplands; End game.