Fiction and Poetry from Perthshire and Angus
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Add to BasketElephantina: Together With Some Short Remarks ... Dundee, 1830 - Hardback -
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It is April 1706. When an elephant dies, just outside of Dundee, Dr Patrick Blair attempts to make his name - and fortune - as the first man in Britain to dissect an elephant. His assistant, Gilbert Orum, meanwhile, plans a different tribute. Andrew Drummond is also the author of 'A Hand-book of Volapük'. -
Add to BasketHamish McHaggis: And The Ghost Of Glamis - Paperback -
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Angus hears scary noises when they visit Hamish's grandfather at Glamis Castle. Could it be a ghost? -
Add to BasketThe Magic Chanter - Paperback -
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Set in and around Perth, Iain 'sees' people and events connected with the town's past. He meets an old lady called Lizzie, who gives him a magic chanter. This leads to more adventures into the past. -
Add to BasketTime In Carnbeg: Short Stories - Paperback -
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A small Perthshire spa town not dissimilar to Pitlochry is Ronald Frame's setting for an interweaving and intersecting collection of stories, united by people and by setting. -
Add to BasketA Window In Thrums - Paperback -
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This is the second in J.M. Barrie's portraits of rural life in 19th century Scotland. This edition features a new introduction by Professor Ian Campbell. -
Add to BasketThe Winter Ground - Hardback -
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Amateur sleuth Dandy Gilver investigates murder when a Russian circus arrives in rural 1920s Perthshire.
Poetry books from Perthshire, Angus or Dundee
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Add to BasketInto A Room: Selected Poems Of William Soutar - Paperback -
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During his short life, William Soutar (1898-1943) produced a variety of philosophical poetry in Scots and English including A Bairn's Sang. This edited selection of his work includes a full introduction -
Add to BasketThe Keekin-Gless: An Anthology Of Poetry And Prose From Perth & Kinross - Paperback
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'The Keekin' Gless' is an anthology of stories and poems by more than 75 Perthshire writers. It is a celebration of the folk themselves - the range of their experience, their emotional life and the ways in which they have created and maintained the culture of the area. -
Add to BasketThe Singin' Lass: Selected Work Of Marion Angus - Paperback -
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This title celebrates the poetry and prose of Marion Angus, one of Scotland's finest lyric poets. Her work is modern and imaginative in its approach and the apparant simplicity of her strong and hauntingly sympathetic poetry is deceptive.
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