Author: James GrantPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Papers of James Grant (b.1835), Soldier, Speymouth, Morayshire, Mainly Relating to Service in India, 1864-82
Author: James Grant3 letters from James Grant to John Hill Burton
Author: James Grant2 letters from James Grant to Robert Paul
Author: James GrantThe House of Gordon...
Author: John Malcolm BullochPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 611
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On the Crofter's Trail
Author: David CraigPublisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857905961
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 463
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In the Clearances of the 19th century, crofts - once the mainstay of Highland life in Scotland - were swept away as the land was put over to sheep grazing. Many of the people of the Highlands and islands of Scotland were forced from their homes by landowners in the Clearances. Some fled to Nova Scotia and beyond. David Craig sets out to discover how many of their stories survive in the memories of their descendants. He travels through 21 islands in Scotland and Canada, many thousands of miles of moor and glen, and presents the words of men and women of both countries as they recount the suffering of their forbears.
Fifty Years of My Life
Author: George Thomas Keppel Earl of AlbemarlePublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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John Company
Author: William FosterPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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The Armies of India
Author: George Fletcher MacMunnPublisher:
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Category : Armies
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Complete Works
Author: William ShakespeareThe Scottish Soldiers of Fortune
Author: James GrantPublisher:
ISBN: 9780857068163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Claymore for hire-the story of the Scottish mercenary There have always been mercenaries and some nations have a better temperament for the trade than others. Mercenaries, both historically and present day, have tended to be hardy men from mountainous, uncompromising countries and climates. In an age of families which expected to have numerous sons to ensure a continuation of the line, 'young gentlemen' of the Quentin Durward variety often took to the sword to make their way in the world. The Scots have always been attracted to the mercenary life-especially at times when there was no war to fight at home-and their mercenary numbers were made up of all ranks from senior officers to common soldiers, who would sometimes go into foreign service as an entire regiment. The high point of Scottish mercenary activity was during the European wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when upwards of an incredible 40,000 Scots were employed under arms at any one time. This excellent book discusses the role of the Scots in the service of Russia, Prussia, Austria, Sweden, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Portugal and France and it makes fascinating reading especially for those interested in pre-Napoleonic warfare. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.