History & Archaeology


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  • Cover scan of Orkney's Italian Chapel
    Orkney's Italian Chapel: The True Story Of An Icon
    Philip Paris - Paperback - Black & White
    The author traces the history of an Italianate chapel built on the island of Orkney by Italian prisoners of war.
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    On Glasgow And Edinburgh
    Robert Crawford - Hardback - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
    A mere forty miles apart, these cities have enjoyed a scratchy rivalry since wistful Edinburgh lost parliamentary sovereignty and defiant Glasgow came into its industrial promise. Crawford brings them to life between the covers of one book, in a tale that mixes novelty and familiarity, as Scotland's cultural capital and largest commercial city do.
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    Orkney & Shetland Island Steamers
    Iain Quinn - Paperback - Amberley
    Iain Quinn tells the story of the North Boats in words and pictures, focusing on the period from the end of the First World War to the present day, using many illustrations published here for the very first time.
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    On A Wing And A Prayer
    Royan Yule - Paperback - DB
    This work takes you through the author's upbringing in pre-war Aberdeen to his eyewitness account of a raid by a German bomber on the shipyards of the city. It describes how he came to join the RAF and follows him through his tour of duty on operations over Germany.
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    Oighreachd Ar Sinnsearan: Catching The Spirit Of South Uist And Eriskay
    Angus Peter Campbell - Hardback - Islands Book Trust
    This is a collection of black and white photographs of South Uist and Eriskay, taken between the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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    The Oxford Handbook Of Modern Scottish History
    - Hardback - Oxford University Press
    A landmark study which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of the nation's history since the sixteenth century, as well as a number of new topics which are only now receiving detailed attention.
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    Ourselves And Others: Scotland 1832-1914
    Graeme Morton - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
    Graeme Morton shows that identity, like industry, is a key element in explaining the period 1832-1914.
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    Ourselves And Others: Scotland 1832-1914
    Graeme Morton - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
    Graeme Morton shows that identity, like industry, is a key element in explaining the period 1832-1914.
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    Orkney: A Historical Guide
    C. R. Wickham-Jones - Paperback - Birlinn
    This is a chronological history of Orkney from prehistoric times to the present day, including maps and site plans of the district. Orkney lies only 20 miles north of mainland Scotland, yet for centuries its culture was dominated by Scandinavia.
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    An Orkney Boyhood
    Duncan Cameron MacKenzie - Paperback - NMS
    Duncan Cameron Mackenzie has written an honest and humorous memoir about his life up to the age of 16, living on Burray, one of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland.

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