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£7.99
The Real Gorbals Story: True Tales From Glasgow's Meanest Streets
Colin MacFarlane - Paperback - Mainstream
Colin MacFarlane witnessed the last days of the old Gorbals as a major regeneration programme began in 1961, and, as a street boy, he had an insight into a community in rapid decline. In this book, he reveals what it was like to live in the old Gorbals.
£16.99
Robert Craufurd: Wellington's Wayward Martinet
Ian Fletcher - Hardback - Pen & Sword Military
To most students of the Peninsular War the name Robert Craufurd usually evokes images of a battle-hardened martinet, flogging his men across Portugal and Spain, driving them hard. However, it is only half of the picture of this most complex character and it is the other half that has never before been revealed.
£12.99
The Royal Stuarts: A Family History Of Triumph, Tragedy And Failure
Allan Massie - Paperback - Pimlico
Drawing on the accounts of historians past & present as well as the representation of the Stuarts in novels & plays, Allan Massie gets beyond the stereotypes & presents a nuanced history of a remarkable family. He tells the story of an influential but often ill-fated dynasty, a bloody & tragic story full of drama & incident.
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Records Of The Convention Of Royal Burghs, 1555 1631-1648: 1631-1648
- Hardback - Scottish History Society
Material from conventions of Scottish parliamentary towns sheds fresh light on their activities and actions, from giving judgements in disputes to raising money for building projects.
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£122.00
Republicanism, Sinophilia, And Historical Writing: Thomas Gordon (c.1691-1750) And His 'History Of England'
Giovanni Tarantino - Hardback - Brepols
This study sets out to produce a full profile of Thomas Gordon, to investigate his specific and controversial contribution as a political theorist, and finally to present an annotated edition of his unfinished and unpublished (mainly medieval) 'History of England': a highly readable text whose main metanarrative theme is the struggle between 'the Government of Will' and 'the Government of Laws'.
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Renfrewshire
Frederick Mort - Paperback - Cambridge University Press
The 'Cambridge County Geographies' were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Renfrewshire by Frederick Mort was first published in 1912 and contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.
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Ross And Cromarty
William J. Watson - Paperback - Cambridge University Press
The 'Cambridge County Geographies' were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Ross and Cromarty by William J. Watson was first published in 1924 and contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the area.
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£30.00
A Roman Frontier Post And Its People: Newstead 1911-2011
- Hardback - NMS
The publication in 1911 of James Curle's excavation of the Roman frontier fort of Newstead, ancient Trimontium, near Melrose in the Scottish Borders was a landmark in Roman frontier studies. This volume was conceived as a celebration of this landmark on its centenary, looking back to Curle and his work, and looking forward to how the picture is changing.
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Rob Roy Macgregor
Nigel G. Tranter - Paperback - Neil Wilson
Rob Roy MacGregor was mythologised by Sir Walter Scott but was very much a fact in the Trossachs of Scotland in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Scott's romantic image is, however, far from the rogue which Nigel Tranter protrays in this work.
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Ramblers Short Walks Around Loch Lomond And The Trossachs
- Paperback - Collins
A practical little walk guide to the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs endorsed by the Ramblers. All the walks are 5 miles or under in length and can easily be completed in less that 3 hours. 20 walks are included and use clear Ordnance Survey maps to show the route plus easy to follow walk descriptions.