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The
Scottish Nation: 1700-2000 by T.M. Devine | |
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| Amazon.co.uk Interested in Scotland and its history? Then this book is essential reading. Spanning the 300 years between the Act of Union and the re-establishment of the Scottish parliament, this history covers all the factors that go to make the nation what it is today. The build-up to Union is the starting... Read more | |||
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| 2. | William
Wallace by James Mackay | ||
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| Synopsis Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie, now the subject of a major film, is one of history's greatest heroes, and one of its greatest enigmas - a figure whose edges have been blurred by myth and legend. Even the date and place of his birth have been mis-stated. This biography tells of a man who, without... Read more | |||
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Scottish Nation: 1700-2000 by T.M. Devine | |
| Usually dispatched in 24
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| Synopsis The history - political, social, economic, cultural - of modern Scotland since 1660, covering the development of the nation from the last Scottish Parliament in 1707 up to the preparation of the new Scottish Parliament to meet in the summer of 2000. Read more | |||
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The
Steel Bonnets by George MacDonald Fraser | |
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A reader from UK, 14
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 RIVETING The author vividly describes these very violent times in a way which leaves the reader wanting more. Before or after reading the book you are strongly advised to visit the Borders and savour the atmosphere . I suggest you chose a time when the weather is not too kind and the book will 'come to...Read more | |||
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Mary
Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser | |
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| Synopsis This biography won the James Tait Black Prize. It provides an enlightening, scholarly yet moving account of the life and death of one of the most romantic figures in British history. Read more | |||
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The
Town Below the Ground by Jan-Andrew Henderson | |
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| Synopsis People are fascinated by tales of fabled lost cities. Yet below Scotland's capital, hidden for almost two centuries, there lies a metropolis whose very existence was forgotten until recently. For almost 200 years Edinburgh was surrounded by a giant defensive wall. Unable to expand its boundaries, it... Read more | |||
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| 7. | Bloody
Scotland by Terry Deary, Martin Brown(Illustrator) | ||
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| Synopsis This title tells the story of the Scots from the desperate Dark Ages to the terrible 20th century. It provides facts on cool kings, cruel kings, mean queens and wise women. Find out about William Wallace, sick Scottish torture techniques and gory Scottish ghost stories. Read more | |||
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| 8. | Dive
Scapa Flow by Rod Macdonald | ||
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| Synopsis This is a comprehensive and fully revised guide to the Orkney wrecks - the intact remains of the scuttled German fleet, U-boats, steamers, tugs and Churchill's "Blockships". The author uses a mixture of historical narrative of the scuttling and subsequent salvage to describe the events at the end of... Read more | |||
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| 9. | The
Munros: Scotland's Highest Mountains by C. McNeish | ||
| Usually dispatched in 24
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| sam@samwilbo.demon.co.uk from Croydon, UK, 11 November, 1999
brilliant - great photos, outline routes, essential info This book is unbelievable value. It is a glossy coffee-table combining beautiful photographs taken at all times of year with text and diagrams showing the recommended routes up all 284 munros. This book is essential to anyone who has ever walked in Scotland and will definitley tempt you to walk some...Read more | |||
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| 10. | Culloden by John Prebble | ||
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| Synopsis This text, using contemporary memoirs, letters, newspapers and regimental order books, reconstructs the common man's version of the Moorland Battle and the repression and brutality that followed it for the highlanders. It challenges the rose-tinted legend of Bonnie Prince Charlie and Culloden. Read more | |||
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| 11. | A
History of Scotland by J.D. Mackie | ||
| Usually dispatched in 24
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| Synopsis A one-volume history of the Socttish nation. Read more | |||
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| 12. | Scotland:
a New History by Michael Lynch | ||
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| Synopsis This full length history of Scotland is made up of 25 chapters spanning 18 centuries, from the Picts to the 1980s and is designed for the general reader. A particular feature of the book is the attention it gives to social and cultural history, including life in towns, the changing role of the... Read more | |||
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| 13. | A
History of the Scottish People, 1560-1830 by T.C. Smout | ||
| Usually dispatched in 24
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| Synopsis A history of Scotland. Read more | |||
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| 14. | Scotland:
the Story of a Nation by Magnus Magnusson | ||
| Usually dispatched in 24
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| Synopsis A vivid look at Scotland's long and difficult road to nationhood, re-exploring some cherished myths and unearthing a wealth of fascinating new detail. Magnus Magnusson's starting-point is Sir Walter Scott's classic version of Scotland's history, "Tales of a Grandfather". Since its first appearance... Read more | |||
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| 15. | AA
Best Days Out in Britain by Richard Brown | ||
| Usually dispatched in 2-3
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| 16. | The
Scottish Colourists by Philip Long(Editor), Elizabeth Cumming(Editor) | ||
| Usually dispatched in 24
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| Synopsis Cadell, Fergusson, Hunter and Peploe produced paintings which are considered some of the most progressive in British art. Featuring commentary on the artists' lives and their involvment in the avante-garde in Paris, this text is illustrated with 140 of the Colourists' inventive paintings. Read more | |||
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| 17. | Children's
Games in Street and Playground by Iona Opie, Peter Opie | ||
| Usually dispatched in 24
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| Synopsis This record of children's outdoor games played in the street, park, playground, or wasteland is drawn from the contributions of 10,000 children in England, Scotland and Wales. It reveals that the games children take pleasure in when out on their own are usually those learnt from each other - not... Read more | |||
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| 18. | The
Highland Clearances by John Prebble | ||
| Usually dispatched in 2-3
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| A reader from
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Brilliant account of a people's tragedy This is a moving account of an important piece of Scottish history. The depth of betrayal by the clan chiefs toward their own kith and kin is just enraging. Prebble has written another masterpiece, the details of which must sit uncomfortably on some shoulders even today. I just hope those attending...Read more | |||
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| 19. | "A
Description of the Western Islands of Scotland Circa 1695" and "A Voyage
to St Kilda" with "A Description of the Western Isles of
Scotland" by Martin Martin, et al | ||
| Usually dispatched in 2-3
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| Synopsis One of the greatest travellers in Scotland, Martin Martin was also a native Gaelic speaker. This text offers his narrative of his journey around the Western Isles, and a mine of information on custom, tradition and life. Martin Martin's wrote before the Jacobite rebellions changed the way of life of... Read more | |||
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| 20. | The
Life and Death of St Kilda by Tom Steel | ||
| Usually dispatched in 24
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| 21. | Last
of the Free by James Hunter | ||
| Usually dispatched in 2-3
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Written by a man who is both an award-winning historian of the Highlands and Islands and a key figure in shaping the region's future development. Last of the Free is a ground-breaking and definitive account of how the Highlands and Islands of Scotland evolved into the way they are today. Never... Read more | |||
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| 22. | Arch by Andy Goldsworthy, David Craig | ||
| Usually dispatched in 2-3
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| Synopsis In this study, Andy Goldsworthy traces the route along which sheep were once driven from Scotland over the border to markets in the north of England. A red sandstone arch, made of blocks hewn from a Scottish quarry, begins its journey in a dilapidated stone sheepfold deep in the hills of south-west... Read more | |||
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| 23. | St
Kilda: Island on the Edge of the World by Charles Maclean | ||
| Usually dispatched in 24
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| Synopsis A part of Britain but a world apart, St Kilda society existed almost completely isolated from the mainstream of civilization for more than 1000 years. Increased contact with the mainland during the 19th century brought about the downfall of what many once regarded as an ideal society. Missionaries... Read more | |||
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| 24. | Hieland
Foodie : A Scottish Culinary Voyage with Clarissa by Clarissa Dickson Wright | ||
| Usually dispatched in 24
hours NMS Publishing Limited Paperback - 96 pages (August 1999) NMS Publishing Limited |
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| Synopsis Clarissa Dickson Wright here selects artefacts, authors and recipes to show how well the Scots of the past ate. Discover what Apicius did with his leeks exported from Lothian to Rome, sample a "bombe Mary, Queen of Scots", and taste the soup that kept David Livingstone going on his travels. Read more | |||
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| 25. | Seachange by Mairi Hedderwick(Illustrator) | ||
| Usually dispatched in 2-3
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| Synopsis An account of the author's six-week voyage in a small, antiquated sailing boat around the top of Scotland. Along the way she visits such places as Loch Linnhe, the Lynn of Lorne, Loch Etive, Lochs Ailort and Moidart, Loch Nevis, Loch na Droma Buidhe, Loch a'Choire and Loch Leven. Read more | |||
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