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£60.00
New Perspectives On Medieval Scotland, 1093-1286
- Hardback - The Boydell Press
The essays collected here consider the changes and development of Scotland at a time of considerable flux in the 12th and 13th centuries.
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£29.99
Noble Power In Scotland From The Reformation To The Revolution
Keith M. Brown - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
Even in the 16th and 17th centuries, it was conventional for humanist writers and their Enlightenment successors to regard early modern Scottish nobility as violent, unlearned and backwards. This book analyses the relations between nobility, crown and state, first in Scotland and then in the first courts of the unified kingdoms.
£6.79
No Mean Glasgow: Revelations Of A Gorbals Guy
Colin MacFarlane - Paperback - Mainstream
Following on from his 'The Real Gorbals Story', Colin MacFarlane charts his eventful, fun-packed passage from Gorbals street boy to grown man. In an attempt to escape his Gorbals gang days, he took a job in a top restaurant, but struggled to integrate into an area that was considered to be affluent.
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Nightmare At Scapa Flow: The Truth About The Sinking Of HMS Royal Oak
H. J. Weaver - Paperback - Birlinn
The sinking of the battleship HMS Royal Oak in the Royal Navy's home anchorage was Germany's first shattering blow against Britain in World War Two. This book is the definitive account of one of Britain's worst naval disasters.
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A New History Of The Picts
Stuart McHardy - Paperback - Luath
This text presents a history of the Picts. New historical analysis, recently discovered evidence and an innovative Scottish perspective exposes long held assumptions about the native people.
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£6.74
Night Falls On Ardnamurchan: The Twilight Of A Crofting Family
Alasdair Maclean - Paperback - Birlinn
This title weaves the author's own account of crofting with extracts from his father's journal - detailing the day-to-day tasks of crofting life. The book also reveals the author's struggle to comes to terms with his background.
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£14.44
None Dare Oppose: The Laird, The Beast And The People Of Lewis
John Macleod - Hardback - Birlinn
Donald Munro, factor to Sir James Matheson, was the most hated figure on the Island of Lewis during the mid 19th century. Within months of his appointment he had seized almost every office of civic, legal and industrial power and held the entire island under a reign of terror. This book tells the story of the islanders during this time.
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North-East Lowlands Of Scotland
John R. Allan - Hardback - Birlinn
This is an introduction to the North-east, from the North Esk to John o'Groats, written with the passion and understanding of a man born and bred there. John R. Allen's informative yet intimate account of the area paints a vibrant picture of this fascinating part of Scotland.
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Nelson Mandela: Robben Island To Rainbow Nation
Marian Pallister - Paperback - Argyll
Fairness, equality, leadership and justice had been values instilled in prisoner 46664 from his earliest years among his Xhosa people. Yet, more than four decades after his imprisonment the name Mandela continues to be an inspiration in the on-going struggle to create a better world.
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£25.00
Northern Scotland
- Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
A cross-disciplinary publication which addresses historical, cultural, economic, political and geographical themes relating to the Highlands and Islands and the north-east of Scotland.