A Traveller's History of Scotland

Andrew Fisher (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2009 | 5th Revised edition
Chastleton Travel (Verlag)
978-1-905214-68-6 (ISBN)

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The broad sweep of Scotland's story, both past and present, is chronicled by one of the country's best historians. Andrew Fisher begins with Scotland's first people and their culture and ends with Devolution and the setting up of the first Scottish parliament since 1707. Before the arrival of the Vikings in 900, Scotland was a land of romantic kingdoms and saints, gradually overtaken by more pragmatic struggles for power. Centuries of bloody strife lead up to the turbulent years of Mary Queen of Scots, the Calvinistic legacy of John Knox, and the bitterness of final defeat. The dreams of the Jacobites are contrasted with the cruel reality of the end of the Stewarts and the Act of Union with England. Scotland then saw an age of industry and despoliation. The result was much emigration and obsession with the nation's past which glorified the legends of the Highlander and the Clans. In this century, the loss of identity and drift to the south have perhaps been checked at last by a new step forward for Scotland as a result of its Devolution, the setting up of a Scottish parliament, and the symbolic return of the Stone of Destiny.
This handy paperback is fully indexed with a chronology of major events and a gazetteer cross-referenced to the main text. Illustrated with line drawings and historical maps.

Reihe/Serie	Traveller's History
Zusatzinfo	line drawings
Verlagsort	Moreton-in-Marsh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Europa ► Schottland
ISBN-10	1-905214-68-5 / 1905214685
ISBN-13	978-1-905214-68-6 / 9781905214686
Zustand	Neuware