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Curious Scotland: Tales From A Hidden History
George Rosie - Hardback - Granta
George Rosie unearths and illuminates many neglected aspects of Scottish history in a rich collection of episodes that range from the Picts to the Indian tribes of North America.
£60.00
Court, Kirk, And Community: Scotland 1470-1625
Jenny Wormald - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
This volume focuses on society and religious life in Reformation Scotland from 1470 to 1965. Jenny Wormald traces the turbulent and often calamitous evolution of Scotland from medieval and feudal to the modern state. Whilst undergoing the transformation in religious life from Catholic to Protestant, Scotland also had to contend with a changing monarchy, war and government.
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Court, Kirk, And Community: Scotland 1470-1625
Jenny Wormald - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
This volume focuses on society and religious life in Reformation Scotland from 1470 to 1965. Jenny Wormald traces the turbulent and often calamitous evolution of Scotland from medieval and feudal to the modern state. Whilst undergoing the transformation in religious life from Catholic to Protestant, Scotland also had to contend with a changing monarchy, war and government.
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Columba's Iona: A New History
Rosalind Kay Marshall - Hardback - Sandstone
In May 2013, it will be 1450 years since the arrival on Iona of Columba, the imperious Irishman who founded its famous monastery and became Scotland's best known Celtic saint. The author charts the many developments on the island throughout the centuries, investigating why it has had such an enduring influence on Scottish life.
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Caithness And Sutherland
H. F. Campbell - Paperback - Cambridge University Press
The 'Cambridge County Geographies' were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Caithness and Sutherland by H. F. Campbell was first published in 1920 and contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the area.
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Clackmannan And Kinross
John Percival Day - Paperback - Cambridge University Press
This guide to Clackmannan and Kinross was first published in 1915 as part of the 'Cambridge County Geographies'.
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The Covenanters In Canada: Reformed Presbyterianism From 1820 To The Present Day
Eldon Hay - Hardback - McGill-Queen's University Press
This study of a resilient tradition of religious dissent reflects the value of variance in a genuinely pluralistic society. The Covenanters objected to a ruler who was both the head of state and head of the church. Tracing the theological and historical significance of the movement in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States, Hay outlines the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of Covenanter missionaries in the Maritimes, Upper and Lower Canada, and the West.
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Crown, Covenant And Cromwell: The Civil Wars In Scotland, 1639-1651
Stuart Reid - Hardback - Frontline
'Crown, Covenant and Cromwell' is a military history of the Great Civil War or rather the last Anglo-Scottish War. While the politics of the time are necessarily touched upon, it is above all the story of those armies and the men who marched in them under generals such as Alexander Leslie, James Graham and Oliver Cromwell.
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Churchill 1940-1945: Under Friendly Fire
Walter Reid - Paperback - Birlinn
Walter Reid, the author of several acclaimed works on 20th-century military history, brings together the result of recent research to create a powerful narrative which reveals how much time and energy Churchill devoted to fighting the war that was excluded from his official accounts, the war with the allies.
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Confusion To Our Enemies: Selected Journalism Of Arnold Kemp (1939-2002)
Arnold Kemp - Paperback - Neil Wilson
Arnold Kemp was unarguably one of the finest journalists of his generation. Always fearless, tenacious and passionate about his craft, he brought vision and a warm humanity to his distinguished stint as editor of the then Glasgow Herald. This collection of Arnold's work - covering many of the important events at home and abroad during his professional life - brings fresh insight into his views and observations.