Author: John MonipenniePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
An Abridgement; Or, Summary of the Chronicles of Scotland:
Author: John MonipenniePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Call the Nurse
Author: Mary J. MacLeodPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1611459176
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Tired of the pace and noise of life near London and longing for a better place to raise their young children, Mary J. MacLeod and her husband encountered their dream while vacationing on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides. Enthralled by its windswept beauty, they soon were the proud owners of a near-derelict croft house—a farmer’s stone cottage—on “a small acre” of land. Mary assumed duties as the island’s district nurse. Call the Nurse is her account of the enchanted years she and her family spent there, coming to know its folk as both patients and friends. In anecdotes that are by turns funny, sad, moving, and tragic, she recalls them all, the crofters and their laird, the boatmen and tradesmen, young lovers and forbidding churchmen. Against the old-fashioned island culture and the grandeur of mountain and sea unfold indelible stories: a young woman carried through snow for airlift to the hospital; a rescue by boat; the marriage of a gentle giant and the island beauty; a ghostly encounter; the shocking discovery of a woman in chains; the flames of a heather fire at night; an unexploded bomb from World War II; and the joyful, tipsy celebration of a ceilidh. Gaelic fortitude meets a nurse’s compassion in these wonderful true stories from rural Scotland.
Rebel King
Author: Charles Randolph BrucePublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781466458499
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Robert de Bruce, scion of one of the most noble houses in Scotland, is propelled into rebellion by the "Hammer of the Scots." Edward Plantagenet, king of England, who uses Scotland's inherently unstable clan system to seize power and claim the disunited country as his own.
Scotland's Second War of Independence, 1332-1357
Author: Iain A. MacInnesPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783271442
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Full-length study of the warfare between England and Scotland in the mid fourteenth century. The Second Scottish War of Independence began in 1332, only four years after the previous conflict had ended. Fought once more for the continued freedom of Scotland from English conquest, the war also witnessed a revival of Scottish civil conflict as the Bruce-Balliol fight for the Scottish crown recommenced once more. Breaking out sporadically until peace was agreed in 1357, the Second Scottish War is a conflict that resides still in the shadow of that which preceded it: compared to the wars of William Wallace and Robert Bruce, Edward I and Edward II, this second phase of Anglo-Scottish warfare is neither well-known nor well-understood. This book sets out to examine in detail the military campaigns of this period, to uncover the histories of those who fought in the war, and to analyse the behaviour of combatants from both sides during ongoing periods of both civil war and Anglo-Scottish conflict.It analyses contemporary records and literary evidence in order to reconstruct the history of this conflict and reconsiders current debates regarding: the capabilities of the Scottish military; the nature of contemporary combat; the ambitions and abilities of fourteenth-century military leaders; and the place of chivalry on the medieval battlefield. Dr Iain A. MacInnes is a Lecturer and Programme Leader in Scottish History at the UHI Centre forHistory, University of the Highlands and Islands.
The New Penguin History of Scotland
Author: Robert Allan HoustonPublisher: Allan Lane
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Drawing on research from a wide range of disciplines, including archaeology, economics, science, religion and literature, this is a history of Scotland's peopled past from the Neolithic period to the parliment of 2000.
The Lives and Characters of the Most Eminent Writers of the Scots Nation;
Author: George MackenziePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
The Orygynale Chronykil of Scotland
Author: Andrew of WyntounThe Buik of the Croniclis of Scotland
Author: Hector BoecePublisher:
ISBN: 9780461820805
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
The Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland
Author: Andrew of WyntounPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
The Book of Scotland
Author: William ChambersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description