Competition: The Hidden Places of Scotland

We are giving five BooksfromScotland.com customers the chance to win a copy of The Hidden Places of Scotland, a fascinating guidebook to the whole of Scotland. The Hidden Places of Scotland, from Travel Publishing Ltd, highlights places of interest, accommodation and pubs and restaurants, many of which you won't find in other guidebooks.

Praise for The Hidden Places of Scotland:

"This book goes much further than other guidebooks" - The Scots Magazine
"Easy on the eyes and full of information about charming little villages and places of interest" - The Observer
"An invaluable book for any visitor to Scotland, indeed for home Scots as well" - Scots Independent

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    This book details hundreds of places to eat, drink, sleep and visit in Scotland. It also contains a history of the country's towns, villages and countryside.

To win a copy of The Hidden Places of Scotland, answer these five questions about hidden places of Scotland. The answers can all be found searching the features and articles on BooksfromScotland.com.

Questions and Answers

  • In 1783, Robert Burns signed the lease on which farm near Tarbolton?
  • The novel The Underground City is set under which Loch in the Trossachs?
  • Robert the Bruce's heart was buried where?
  • On which island was author Compton Mackenzie buried?
    • Barra in the Outer Hebrides
  • Robert Louis Stevenson's short story The Body-Snatcher is set in and around which church near the Pentlands?

Email your answers to customer.services@booksfromscotland.com . Closing date is Friday 5th May. Competition is now closed!

The winners will be chosen at random from all correct entries. One one entry per person is permitted. The prize is not transferable and no cash alternative is available. Competition is not open to employees of BooksfromScotland.com, Scottish Publishers Association, or Travel Publishing Ltd. The editor's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. The promoter is BooksfromScotland.com, 137 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH11 1BG.

The Hidden Places of Scotland

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Closing date:

Friday 5th May 2006

Competition Winners

The five winners of the Hidden Places of Scotland competition are:

  • Ms J Faulkner from Ayrshire, Scotland
  • Mr A Millar from Pontypool, Wales
  • Mr M Hansen from Cambridge, Massachussetts, USA
  • Ms J Rodgers from Sunderland, England
  • Mr D Lane from Dewsbury, England

Congratulations to our five winners, who will receive their books in the next couple of weeks