111 Places In Fife You Shouldn't Miss
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111 Places In Fife You Shouldn't Miss by Gillian Tait. Read about 111 places in Fife you shouldn't miss such as tourist attractions...
View full details111 Places In Fife You Shouldn't Miss by Gillian Tait. Read about 111 places in Fife you shouldn't miss such as tourist attractions...
View full details1314 Bannockburn illuminated how historically significant this battle was to the structure of Scottish history. Through recent scholarships and st...
View full detailsAt the beginning of the twentieth century the then civilised world had everything to look forward to: the industrialisation of the previous hundred...
View full detailsAt the end of 1944, the Nazi army was retreating on both fronts, but not yet defeated. In the east, the Soviets were pushing the Germans westward, ...
View full detailsSo great was the reputation of Scottish combat troops in the trench warfare of World War I that an unnamed commentator told Haldane, author of the ...
View full detailsThe “Calendar of Musselburgh witchcraft” was inspired by the recent rediscovery of the Musselburgh burgh records, which had been believed lost. The...
View full detailsOne of the greatest travellers in Scotland, Martin Martin was also a native Gaelic speaker. This text offers his narrative of his journey around th...
View full detailsWars, witches and worship were key elements in the nation of Scotland and the local life of Dalgety Parish during the 17th Century. It was a period...
View full detailsAll of these have been created by a Scotsperson, although not all will appear on a tea towel listing great Scottish inventions.*Scotland is as old ...
View full detailsBroomsticks and cauldrons, familiars and spells: magic and witchcraft conjures a vivid picture in our modern-day imagination. While much of our und...
View full detailsThis illuminating and insightful guide offers a comprehensive overview of Scottish history, from the kingdom's genesis in the ninth century to the ...
View full detailsScotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past. Yet the stories and figures that dominate Scottish history - t...
View full detailsThis illuminating and insightful guide offers a comprehensive overview of Scottish history, from the kingdom’s genesis in the ninth century to the ...
View full detailsIn September 2014, the people of Scotland will decide whether - after 407 years of British rule - they want to be an independent country. Chris Bam...
View full detailsFrom prehistoric times to the present day this comprehensive history presents the story of Scotland in bite-size chunks. With full colour illustrat...
View full detailsBorn in 1828 near Kelso in the Scottish Borders, Wyllie went to sea as an apprentice seaman in 1852 and quickly rose through the ranks. By 1862 he ...
View full detailsA Short History of Parliament is a comprehensive institutional history, not a political history of parliament, though politics is included where, a...
View full detailsThis is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to re...
View full detailsRobert McColl Millar examines how language has been used in Scotland since the earliest times. While primarily focusing on the histories of the spe...
View full detailsThomas Pennant's first tour of Scotland started at Chester in 1769. Passing through Yorkshire and Durham he paid a brief visit to the Farne Island...
View full detailsThe folklore of the north-east has provided a rich tapestry for the tales within; from Celtic and Pictish origins meet witches, selkies, smugglers,...
View full detailsThis book looks at all aspects of the pivotal intellectual relationship between two key figures of the Enlightenment Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78...
View full detailsWill Stewart is one of many who have left their old lives behind to seek their fortunes in New Zealand's last great gold rush. The conditions are h...
View full detailsThis is the story of Alexander Selkirk, Scottish mariner and adventurer, who was delighted to be rescued by passing sailors after four years alone ...
View full detailsn 1793 the Witts family arrived in Edinburgh for a stay of five years. A well-to-do family they were brought to near penury brought the failure of ...
View full detailsThis lively and erudite cultural history of Scotland, from the Jacobite defeat of 1745 to the death of an icon, Sir Walter Scott, in 1832, examines...
View full detailsThe companion to Damn Rebel Bitches, Maggie Craig focuses on the men of the Jacobite Uprising, so often misrepresented in mainstream history.
They were modern men: doctors and lawyers, students and teachers, shoemakers and shopkeepers, farmers, gardeners and weavers. Children of the Age o...
View full detailsWith a predictable regularity the film Battle of Britain appears annually, on cue, in the TV schedules for late summer. It's Showing serves as an a...
View full detailsThe year is 412 AD. The Roman legions have all withdrawn from Britannia. The cives and tribes who remain no longer have the might of Rome at their ...
View full detailsThe sight, sound and smell of animals are a part of the story of every great city – and are also part of its hidden history. The royal standard of ...
View full detailsSince its completion in 1811, the Bell Rock Lighthouse has been revered as an industrial wonder of the world. The iconic tower was built on the Inc...
View full detailsThough Scotland was never successfully conquered by the Roman Empire, the lands north of Hadrian's Wall nonetheless include many Roman sites that b...
View full detailsFrom the world's oldest indoor loo to a theatre where spectators fill their pockets with poo, the definitive guide to the stranger side of Scotland...
View full detailsA riveting pirate tale set in the eighteenth century during the golden age of piracy in the Caribbean, perfect for fans of Emma Carroll and Jacquel...
View full detailsIn the nineteenth century, Scotland was renowned as a land of misty glens, engineering innovation and inventive genius. But it was also the home of...
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