Saltire Society Award Winners 2005
In Edinburgh, the winners of the 2005 Saltire Society awards were announced at the National Library of Scotland:
John Aberdein won the Saltire Society First Book award for Amande's Bed
Kate Atkinson's Case Histories won the Scottish Book of the Year
Michael Penman won the Scottish History Book of the Year for David II
And RD Connor and ADC Simpson won the Scottish Research Book of the Year for Weights and Measures in Scotland.
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It is 1956 and post-war Scotland is reeling - with sex, Americans, storms, the news from Budapest and fish. Young Peem is hankering, trying to find his legs in that reel - what with Miss Florence, his mother, Haze, Bridget Amande, Dinah, plus the girls in -
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Full of suspense and heartbreak, 'Case Histories' is a feat of bravura storytelling that conveys the mysteries of life, its inanities and its hilarities. Jackson is 45 but feels much older. Surrounded by death, intrigue and misfortune, his own life is brought sharply into focus. -
Add to BasketDavid II, 1329-71 - Paperback -
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Bringing together evidence from Scotland, England and France, this study offers an alternative view of David II - that of a child King who survived usurpation, invasion, exile in France and 11 years of English captivity after defeat in battle in 1326 to emerge as a formidable ruler of Scotland. -
Add to BasketWeights And Measures In Scotland: A European Perspective - Hardback -
£50.00
Winner of the 2005 Saltire Society/National Library of Scotland Research Book of the Year Award. After looking at contemporary legislation and examining the physical evidence of surviving artefacts, the authors have come to some surprising conclusions.