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When the Pipers Play

Patrick King
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781837052752
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Oct 2026
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

When the Pipers Play is a fascinating account of the bagpipe as ‘an instrument of war’, packed full of remarkable stories. Based on the author Patrick King’s award-winning films, the book combines historical research with exclusive interviews and traces the crucial role of the military piper from the Highlander at Culloden to the carnage of Waterloo and from the trenches of the Great War to the beaches of Normandy.

The author reveals how the use of music in war, including drums, bugles and pipes, has for centuries controlled the battlefield. His analysis of the pipes ranges from regulating the soldiers day in camp to a role in wartime propaganda films and how the instrument remains the one primal element in the sophistication of modern warfare. The regimental piper is the real hero of this book. A must read for anyone who enjoys stories of courage and adventure.
About Patrick King
PATRICK KING was a British Army reservist serving in the Pipes and Drums of the 51st Highland Volunteers and the London Scottish Regiment. He has produced, directed and written several documentary films including the award winning Instrument of War and When the Pipers Play. He is a voting member of British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and the European Film Academy, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a member of the Caledonian Society of London.

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