Scotland: The Autobiography by Rosemary Goring
A vivid, wide-ranging and engrossing account of Scotland's history, composed of eye-witness accounts by those who experienced it first-hand. Contributors range from Tacitus, Mary Queen of Scots and Oliver Cromwell to Adam Smith, David Livingstone and Billy Connolly. These include key historic moments - ranging from Bannockburn and Flodden to the SNP parliamentary victory in 2007 - along with a vast array of wonderfully readable insights into the everyday life of Scotland through the millennia. This is living, accesible history told by crofters, criminals, servants, house-wives, poets, journalists, nurses, politicians, novelists, prisoners, comedians, sportsmen and many more.
History caught on the hoof and the wing by those who were actually there - a brilliant selection and guide * Andrew Marr *
A bravura feat in browsability, this captivating, timely and useful book will reward any amount of flipping and dipping.. full of moving, amusing and revealing detail ... What an exemplary reclaiming of Scotland's past, what a necessary and notable contribution to its future * Scotland on Sunday *
Fascinating and very valuable . . . This book should find a place in every Scottish home * Scotsman *
History caught on the hoof and the wing by those who were actually there - a brilliant selection and guide * Andrew Marr *
A bravura feat in browsability, this captivating, timely and useful book will reward any amount of flipping and dipping ... full of moving, amusing and revealing detail ... What an exemplary reclaiming of Scotland's past, what a necessary and notable contribution to its future * Scotland on Sunday *
Fascinating and very valuable . . . This book should find a place in every Scottish home * Scotsman *
A bravura feat in browsability, this captivating, timely and useful book will reward any amount of flipping and dipping.. full of moving, amusing and revealing detail ... What an exemplary reclaiming of Scotland's past, what a necessary and notable contribution to its future * Scotland on Sunday *
Fascinating and very valuable . . . This book should find a place in every Scottish home * Scotsman *
History caught on the hoof and the wing by those who were actually there - a brilliant selection and guide * Andrew Marr *
A bravura feat in browsability, this captivating, timely and useful book will reward any amount of flipping and dipping ... full of moving, amusing and revealing detail ... What an exemplary reclaiming of Scotland's past, what a necessary and notable contribution to its future * Scotland on Sunday *
Fascinating and very valuable . . . This book should find a place in every Scottish home * Scotsman *
Rosemary Goring took a degree in Economics and Social History at St Andrews University. She started her career in publishing in the role of in-house editor for Chambers Biographical Dictionary and has since edited and written for many reference books, among them the Larousse Dictionaries of Writers and Literary Characters. She was Literary Editor of Scotland on Sunday for several years before becoming Literary Editor of the Herald.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141027685 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141027681 |
| Title | Scotland: The Autobiography |
| Author | Rosemary Goring |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-05-29 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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