Writing about Britain’s war with Napoleonic France, Robert Tannahill commented:
Just like twa cats tied tail to tail,
They worry at it tooth and nail,
They girn, they bite in deadly wrath,
And what is’t for? for nought in faith!
Jim Ferguson’s essay Peace is the Prize explores, among other ideas, the underlying pacifist sentiment contained in Tannahill’s play The Soldier’s Return.
“Robert Tannahill’s The Soldier’s Return is an important work by a significant contemporary of Burns who deserves our attention.
Jim Ferguson has performed a vital service in helping to bring this neglected dramatic text to a wider audience”.
Professor Willy Maley, University of Glasgow
