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Author : Samuel Cowan
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Ancient Capital of Scotland written by Samuel Cowan and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Fry
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0330539973
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Edinburgh written by Michael Fry and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late poet laureate, Sir John Betjeman, said that Edinburgh was the most beautiful city in Europe. Like some other great cities it is set on seven hills. But only one of these, Rome, rivals Edinburgh in matching the beauty of its setting with the stateliness of its buildings. Edinbrugh, too, provides the backdrop to much of the dark drama of the Scottish past, from Mary Queen of Scots to Bonnie Prince Charlie and beyond. Michael Fry, who has lived and worked there for nearly forty years, provides a compellingly readable account of this great city, from the earliest times to the present, balancing Edinburgh's cultural, political and social history, and painting a vivid portrait of a city - that like Stevenson's Dr Jekyll - is both dark and light, both dark and light, both 'Auld Reekie' and 'Athens of the North'. ‘Impressive ... in the style of Peter Ackroyd’s history of London’ Magnus Linklator, Spectator 'No one interested in the history of Edinburgh, and indeed Scotland, should be without it’ Allan Massie,Scotsman
Author : Neil Oliver
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 0297860291
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)
Download or read book A History Of Scotland written by Neil Oliver and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic story of Scotland - by charismatic television historian, Neil Oliver. Scotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past. Yet the stories and figures that dominate Scottish history - tales of failure, submission, thwarted ambition and tragedy - often badly serve this great nation, overshadowing the rich tapestry of her intricate past. Historian Neil Oliver presents a compelling new portrait of Scottish history, peppered with action, high drama and centuries of turbulence that have helped to shape modern Scotland. Along the way, he takes in iconic landmarks and historic architecture; debunks myths surrounding Scotland's famous sons; recalls forgotten battles; charts the growth of patriotism; and explores recent political developments, capturing Scotland's sense of identity and celebrating her place in the wider world.
Author : Sara Sheridan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781849173087
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Where are the Women? written by Sara Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can you imagine a different Scotland, a Scotland where women are commemorated in statues and streets and buildings - even in the hills and valleys? This is a guidebook to that alternative nation, where the cave on Staffa is named after Malvina rather than Fingal, and Arthur's Seat isn't Arthur's, it belongs to St Triduana. Where you arrive into Dundee at Slessor Station and the Victorian monument on Stirling's Abbey Hill interprets national identity not as a male warrior but through the women who ran hospitals during the First World War. The West Highland Way ends at Fort Mary. The Old Lady of Hoy is a prominent Orkney landmark. And the plinths in central Glasgow proudly display statues of suffragettes. In this 'imagined atlas' fictional streets, buildings, statues and monuments are dedicated to real women, telling their often untold or unknown stories.For most of recorded history, women have been sidelined, if not silenced, by men who named the built environment after themselves. Now is the time to look unflinchingly at Scotland's heritage and bring those women who have been ignored to light. Sara Sheridan explores beyond the traditional male-dominated histories to reveal a new picture of Scotland's history and heritage.
Author : George Buchanan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book The History of Scotland written by George Buchanan and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel Cowan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Ancient Capital of Scotland written by Samuel Cowan and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Murray Cook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780995589797
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (897 download)
Download or read book Digging Into Stirling's Past written by Murray Cook and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells Stirling's story through its secret nooks and crannies; the spots the tourists overlook and those that the locals have forgotten or never visited. Join Stirling's Burgh Archaeologist, Dr Murray Cook, as he takes the reader on a tour of a fascinating city's history which is full of heroes, battles... and much more besides.
Author : William Hargrove
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book History and Description of the Ancient City of York written by William Hargrove and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Hill Burton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 ( download)
Download or read book The History of Scotland written by John Hill Burton and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hugh Trevor-Roper
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300176538
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Invention of Scotland written by Hugh Trevor-Roper and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-16 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that while Anglo-Saxon culture has given rise to virtually no myths at all, myth has played a central role in the historical development of Scottish identity. Hugh Trevor-Roper explores three myths across 400 years of Scottish history: the political myth of the "ancient constitution" of Scotland; the literary myth, including Walter Scott as well as Ossian and ancient poetry; and the sartorial myth of tartan and the kilt, invented--ironically, by Englishmen--in quite modern times. Trevor-Roper reveals myth as an often deliberate cultural construction used to enshrine a people's identity. While his treatment of Scottish myth is highly critical, indeed debunking, he shows how the ritualization and domestication of Scotland's myths as local color diverted the Scottish intelligentsia from the path that led German intellectuals to a dangerous myth of racial supremacy. This compelling manuscript was left unpublished on Trevor-Roper's death in 2003 and is now made available for the first time. Written with characteristic elegance, lucidity, and wit, and containing defiant and challenging opinions, it will absorb and provoke Scottish readers while intriguing many others. "I believe that the whole history of Scotland has been coloured by myth; and that myth, in Scotland, is never driven out by reality, or by reason, but lingers on until another myth has been discovered, or elaborated, to replace it."-Hugh Trevor-Roper
Author : William Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI. Till His Accession to the Crown of England written by William Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Robertson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI. written by William Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The History of Scotland, During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI. Till His Accession to the Crown of England written by William Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alistair Moffat
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 085790874X
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book Scotland: A History from Earliest Times written by Alistair Moffat and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Alistair Moffat brings vividly to life the story of this great nation, from the dawn of prehistory through to the twenty-first century. Ambitious, richly detailed and highly readable, Scotland: A History From Earliest Times skilfully weaves together a dazzling array of fact and anecdote from a vast range of sources. The result is an imaginative, informative, balanced and varied portrait of Scotland, seen not just through the experience of the kings, saints, warriors, aristocrats and politicians who populate the pages of conventional history books, but also through that of ordinary people who have lived Scotland's history and have played their own important part in shaping its destiny.
Author : George Buchanan
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The history of Scotland... to the present time written by George Buchanan and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1856691063
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (566 download)
Download or read book Great Houses of Scotland written by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 26 houses photographed in colour and accompanied by informative text about their history.
Author : John Struthers
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)
Download or read book The History of Scotland written by John Struthers and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
