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Somerled

John Marsden

• Paperback | Engels
• Through most of eight hundred years, Somerled of Argyll has been variously denounced as an intractable rebel against his rightful king and esteemed as... Lees meer

The Early Life of James VI

Steven J Reid

• Hardcover | Engels
• Shortlisted for the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year Award James VI and I was arguably the most successful ruler of the Stewart Dynas... Lees meer

Scottish Life and Society Volume 8

• Hardcover | Engels | A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology
• The movement of people, goods, services, ideas and information has dictated the nature of everyday life in Scotland since the earliest times, and has ... Lees meer

The Glendale Bards

Meg Bateman, Anne Loughran, Norman MacDonald

• Hardcover | Engels, Schots-Gaelisch
• This book marks the centenary of Neil MacLeod's death in 1913 with the republication of some of his work. It also publishes for the first time all of ... Lees meer

The Normans in Ireland

Richard A Lomas, Richard Lomas

• Paperback | Engels
• The Norman invasion of Britain, as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, is well known, but the later invasion of Ireland is much less well documented. Yet... Lees meer

The Sea Kings

R Andrew McDonald

• Paperback | Engels
• The archipelagic kingdoms of Man and the Isles that flourished from the last quarter of the eleventh century down to the middle of the thirteenth cent... Lees meer

The People Are Not There'

David Taylor

• Hardcover | Engels
• Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year Award Badenoch today is a landscape of empty glens and ruined settlements, but it was ... Lees meer

The Great Highland Famine

Tom M Devine

• Paperback | Engels
• The Great Hunger in nineteenth-century Ireland was a major human tragedy of modern times. Almost a million perished and a further two million emigrate... Lees meer

The Wallace Book

Edward J Cowan

• Paperback | Engels
• Through his personality, ingenuity and ability, he initiated a resistance movement which ultimately secured the nation's freedom and independence. Yet... Lees meer

Brilliant Lives

John W Arthur

• Paperback | Engels
• James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was the greatest physicist of the nineteenth century, and although his scientific contribution is now acknowledged to ... Lees meer

Scottish Life and Society Volume 9

• Hardcover | Engels | A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology
• In The Individual and Community Life this has been achieved in four parts. In Part One the notable stages of the life cycle ? birth, death, childhood ... Lees meer

The King in the North

Gordon Noble, Nicholas Evans

• Paperback | Engels
• Some years ago a revolution took place in Early Medieval history in Scotland. The Pictish heartland of Fortriu, previously thought to be centered on P... Lees meer

The Early Stewart Kings

Stephen Boardman

• Paperback | Engels | Stewart Dynasty in Scotland | nr. 1
• The Stewart Dynasty in Scotland series aims to bring the rich political heritage of late medieval and early modern Scotland before as wide a reading p... Lees meer

The History of Orkney Literature

Simon Hall

• Paperback | Engels
• Since the middle ages, Orkney has proved remarkable for the volume and the quality of its literary output. From the skalds and sagamen of the Viking a... Lees meer

Scotland's Merlin

Tim Clarkson

• Paperback | Engels
• Who was Merlin? Is the famous wizard of Arthurian legend based on a real person? In this book, Merlin's origins are traced back to the story of Lailok... Lees meer

James III

Norman Macdougall

• Paperback | Engels | Stewart Dynasty in Scotland | nr. 4
• James III is the most enigmatic of the Stewart kings of Scotland. Variously characterised as artistic, peace-loving, morbidly suspicious, treacherous,... Lees meer

The Great Highland Famine

Tom M Devine

• Paperback | Engels
• The Great Hunger in nineteenth-century Ireland was a major human tragedy of modern times. Almost a million perished and a further two million emigrate... Lees meer

All Men Are Brethren

Ian Macdougall

• Paperback | Engels
• This is the first book to attempt a comprehensive and detailed history of the thousands of French and other prisoners of war (POW) in Scotland during ... Lees meer

Hebridean Folk Songs: Waulking Songs from Vatersay, Barra, Eriskay, South Uist and Benbecula

• Paperback | Engels | Hebridean Folk Songs | nr. 3
• The classic three volumes of Hebridean Folksongs, reissued simultaneously for the first time since their original publication (1969, 1977, 1981), cont... Lees meer

The Wild Black Region

David Taylor

• Paperback | Engels
• This book tells the fascinating story of Badenoch, a forgotten region in accounts of Scottish history. Situated in the heart of the Highlands and with... Lees meer

The Campbells of the Ark

Ronald Black

• Paperback | Engels
• In the course of his long poem An Airce, 'The Ark', the Jacobite poet Alexander MacDonald shows the Campbells being subjected to trial by water for th... Lees meer

Voices of Scotswomen in Peace and War

Ian Macdougall

• Paperback | Engels
• During the Second World War thousands of women served with the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), Women's Ro... Lees meer

Alba

• Paperback | Engels
• This book is the first volume to scrutinise in detail the history of the Highlands and Islands incorporating the most up-to-date research. It examines... Lees meer

Boswell's Edinburgh Journals

Hugh M Milne, Hugh Milne

• Paperback | Engels
• James Boswell's relish for life, unflinching honesty and wide social contacts make him one of the raciest and most entertaining of all diarists.This i... Lees meer