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Author : James Grant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Scottish Soldiers of Fortune. Their Adventures and Achievements in the Armies of Europe written by James Grant and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Grant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780857068163
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (681 download)
Download or read book The Scottish Soldiers of Fortune written by James Grant and published by . This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claymore for hire-the story of the Scottish mercenary There have always been mercenaries and some nations have a better temperament for the trade than others. Mercenaries, both historically and present day, have tended to be hardy men from mountainous, uncompromising countries and climates. In an age of families which expected to have numerous sons to ensure a continuation of the line, 'young gentlemen' of the Quentin Durward variety often took to the sword to make their way in the world. The Scots have always been attracted to the mercenary life-especially at times when there was no war to fight at home-and their mercenary numbers were made up of all ranks from senior officers to common soldiers, who would sometimes go into foreign service as an entire regiment. The high point of Scottish mercenary activity was during the European wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when upwards of an incredible 40,000 Scots were employed under arms at any one time. This excellent book discusses the role of the Scots in the service of Russia, Prussia, Austria, Sweden, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Portugal and France and it makes fascinating reading especially for those interested in pre-Napoleonic warfare. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Author : Billy Kay
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780574010
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)
Download or read book The Scottish World written by Billy Kay and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-12-02 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Thaim wi a guid Scots tongue in their heid are fit tae gang ower the warld' In The Scottish World, renowned broadcaster Billy Kay takes us on a global journey of discovery, highlighting the extraordinary influence the Scots have had on communities and cultures on almost every continent. While others have questioned the self-confidence of the Scots, Kay has travelled the world from Bangkok to Brazil, Warsaw to Waikiki and found ringing endorsements for the integrity and intellect, the poetry and passion of the Scottish people in every country he has visited. He expands people's view of Scotland by relating remarkable stories of the wealthy Scottish merchant community in Gdansk; of national geniuses of Scots descent, such as Lermontov in Russia and Grieg in Norway; of an American Civil War blamed on Sir Walter Scott and initiated in the St Andrew's Society of Charleston; of inspirational missionaries in Calabar and Budapest; of Scotch professors establishing football in soccer strongholds such as Barcelona and São Paulo; of pioneers like Sandeman and Cockburn, and the Scottish roots of many of the great wines of Europe; and of their amazing involvement in liberation movements in Malawi, Chile, Peru, Greece, Corsica and India. The Scottish World is a celebration of the enormous contribution the Scots have made to the modern world.
Author : James Miller
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857905481
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book Swords for Hire written by James Miller and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1612, George Sinclair, an illegitimate son of a Caithness laird, became a Norwegian national hero. Along with almost 300 of his followers, Sinclair was killed in an ambush in Norway while marching to join the king of Sweden's army. Sinclair has legendary status in Norway but has been almost totally forgotten at home, just as the memory of thousands of other Scots who served as mercenaries in the armies of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries has faded into obscurity. In this book, James Miller tells how a considerable proportion of the able-bodied male population of Scotland at one time sought service on behalf of almost every dynasty and monarch on the continent. Some were fleeing from justice, others went to seek fame and fortune - and found it.
Author : Alexia Grosjean
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047402537
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)
Download or read book An Unofficial Alliance, Scotland and Sweden 1569-1654 written by Alexia Grosjean and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work reveals the hitherto unrepresented relationship that developed between Scotland and Sweden during the second half of the sixteenth and first half of the seventeenth centuries. Sweden's emergence as an independent Nordic, and indeed European, power required continual military and economic growth, which in turn necessitated a constant supply of manpower. The initially piecemeal migration of private individuals from Scotland bringing both martial and mercantile skills to Sweden gradually grew into an informal alliance, albeit officially sanctioned by the Swedes, based on personal networks. Equally the impact of Sweden's support for the Scottish Covenanting movement on British state-formation is scrutinized. This fresh perspective on Scottish-Swedish connections is aimed at those interested in state-formation, migration studies, diplomatic developments, and military history.
Author : Paul Cowan
Publisher : Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Scottish Military Disasters written by Paul Cowan and published by Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of Scotland's failures on the battlefields of the world from Mons Graupius to Korea.
Author : Spiers Edward M. Spiers
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748654011
Total Pages : 857 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)
Download or read book Military History of Scotland written by Spiers Edward M. Spiers and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scottish soldier has been at war for over 2000 years. Until now, no reference work has attempted to examine this vast heritage of warfare.A Military History of Scotland offers readers an unparalleled insight into the evolution of the Scottish military tradition. This wide-ranging and extensively illustrated volume traces the military history of Scotland from pre-history to the recent conflict in Afghanistan. Edited by three leading military historians, and featuring contributions from thirty scholars, it explores the role of warfare in the emergence of a Scottish kingdom, the forging of a Scottish-British military identity, and the participation of Scots in Britain's imperial and world wars. Eschewing a narrow definition of military history, it investigates the cultural and physical dimensions of Scotland's military past such as Scottish military dress and music, the role of the Scottish soldier in art and literature, Scotland's fortifications and battlefield archaeology, and Scotland's military memorials and museum collections.
Author : Richard Harding Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Soldiers of Fortune written by Richard Harding Davis and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew Glozier
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900413865X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun King written by Matthew Glozier and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of Scottish soldiers in France in the age of the Sun King provides fascinating information about the visicitudes suffered by the brave personnel of the regiment of George Douglas, Earl of Dumbarton. Hardly the heirs of an 'auld' alliance amity, they became the playthings of a king intent on transforming the nature of war in his era.
Author : John Graham Gibson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773521346
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (213 download)
Download or read book Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping, 1745-1945 written by John Graham Gibson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1998 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of traditional Scottish Gaelic bagpiping.
Author : James Maclehose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)
Download or read book The Scottish Historical Review written by James Maclehose and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new series of the Scottish antiquary established 1886.
Author : Charles Stewart Black
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Scots Magazine written by Charles Stewart Black and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : James Grant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 ( download)
Download or read book Memoirs of James, Marquis of Montrose, K.G., Captain General of Scotland. With Illustrations [including a Portrait.] written by James Grant and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steve Murdoch
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004475672
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Scotland and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 written by Steve Murdoch and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with the entanglement of Scotland in the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), discussing both the diplomatic and military aspects of the conflict that led to Scottish involvement in the heart of the Holy Roman Empire. To the Scots, the war was linked to the fate of the Scottish princess, Elizabeth of Bohemia, rather than the politics of central Europe per se. In three sections, the 12 authors have illuminated the political processes that led to the participation of as many as 50,000 Scottish troops in the war. The official alliances of the Stuart regime, the independent diplomacy of the Scottish Parliament and the actions of numerous well placed individuals at various European courts are all shown to have had a bearing on this important episode of European history.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Scottish Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Scottish Historical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new series of the Scottish antiquary established 1886.
Author : Anthony Bruce
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111660214
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (116 download)
Download or read book A bibliography of British military history written by Anthony Bruce and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
