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Outlander and the Real Jacobites
Scotland's Fight for the Stuarts
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781399004756
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
Outlander has brought the story of the 1745 Jacobite uprising to the popular imagination, but who were the Jacobites, really? Explore this pivotal moment in Scottish history, visiting some of the key...
The Crinan Canal
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781839830617
Pub Date: 2024-09-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
240 Pages
Known as 'Britain's most beautiful shortcut', the Crinal Canal runs from Ardrishaig on Loch Fyne nine miles across the Kintyre peninsula to the west coast of Scotland. Designed by John Rennie after...
The Soap Man
Lewis, Harris and Lord Leverhulme
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 9781839830594
Pub Date: 2024-09-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
256 Pages
In 1918, as the First World War was drawing to a close, the eminent liberal industrial Lord Leverhulme bought - lock, stock and barrel - the Hebridean island of Lewis. His intention was to revolutionise...
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland
A New History
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781780278575
Pub Date: 2024-08-06
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Birlinn
512 Pages
In rich and telling detail, Alistair Moffat relates the remarkable story of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The north is being renewed, the land is coming alive once more and this unique story ends on an upbeat note as the Highlands and Islands of Scotland look forward to a future of possibilities.
Scottish Folklore
Price: $10.95
ISBN: 9781780278476
Pub Date: 2024-07-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
160 Pages
This book traces the roots and traditions of Scottish folklore and introduces all its key parts, combining a huge range of material from gypsy-lore and Arthurian legend to tales of magical beasts, demons and witches and lore associated with the natural world. A-Z of locations throughout the country and the folklore associated with each place.
Scottish Quotations
Price: $10.95
ISBN: 9781780278483
Pub Date: 2024-07-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
160 Pages
The Scots have always had a reputation for clarity of thought and also for the vigour with which it is put into words. This collection spans the entire gamut of a nation's recorded thought and experience from Roman Scotland to the present day. It reveals the spirit of Scotland in a truly unique way.
Women of the Jacobite Rebellions
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399053297
Pub Date: 2024-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
The flight of King James II in November 1688 was a seminal moment in British history. The deposed Catholic King set up house and home in Paris, William and Mary succeeded to the throne of England and...
The Borders
A History of the Borders from Earliest Times
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781780278919
Pub Date: 2024-06-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
640 Pages
A story of the border: a place of beginnings and endings, of differences and similarities. This is also the story of an ancient place; where hunter-gatherers penetrated into the virgin interior, where Celtic warlords ruled, the Romans came but could not conquer, and where the glittering kingdom of Northumbria thrived.
Outlander and the Real Jacobites
Scotland's Fight for the Stuarts
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781399004756
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
The Crinan Canal
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781839830617
Pub Date: 2024-09-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
240 Pages
The Soap Man
Lewis, Harris and Lord Leverhulme
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 9781839830594
Pub Date: 2024-09-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
256 Pages
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland
A New History
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781780278575
Pub Date: 2024-08-06
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Birlinn
512 Pages
Scottish Folklore
Price: $10.95
ISBN: 9781780278476
Pub Date: 2024-07-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
160 Pages
Scottish Quotations
Price: $10.95
ISBN: 9781780278483
Pub Date: 2024-07-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
160 Pages
Women of the Jacobite Rebellions
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399053297
Pub Date: 2024-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
The Borders
A History of the Borders from Earliest Times
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781780278919
Pub Date: 2024-06-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
640 Pages