Scotland: A History from Earliest Times - Rilegato

Moffat, Alistair

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ISBN 10: 1780272804 ISBN 13: 9781780272801

Casa editrice: Birlinn Ltd, 2015

Riassunto

From the Ice Age to the recent Scottish Referendum, historian and author Alistair Moffat explores the history of the Scottish nation. As well as focusing on key moments in the nation's history such as the Battle of Bannockburn and the Jacobite Risings, Moffat also features other episodes in history that are perhaps less well documented. From prehistoric timber halls to inventions and literature, Moffat's tale explores the drama of battle, change, loss and invention interspersed with the lives of ordinary Scottish folk, the men and women who defined a nation.

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Recensione:

'[T]his is a very readable, well-researched and fluent account' - Scotland on Sunday; 'For Alistair Moffat, history is rooted in the personal. Now... he has produced what is undoubtedly his most ambitious work. Scotland: A History From Earliest Times encompasses 500 million years, from when the tectonic plates were shifting to form the land mass we recognize today to the referendum and its aftermath.' --Alan Taylor, the Herald

Book of the Week, October 2015 -- Press & Journal

'The great thing about Moffat's account is that, for all its emphasis on uncertainty, it rattles along with complete narrative certainty, to the extent that great events consistently take even a historically literate reader unawares' --Scottish Review of Books

'Moffat plunders the facts and fables to create a richly-detailed and comprehensive analysis of a nation's past and references a huge number of sources' --Scotland Magazine

L'autore:

Alistair Moffat was born and bred in the Scottish Borders. A former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Director of Programmes at Scottish Television, he now runs the Borders Book Festival and the DNA testing company, BritainsDNA (www.britainsdna.com). He is the author of a number of highly acclaimed books and is currently Rector of St Andrews University.

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• Editore: Birlinn Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1780272804
• ISBN 13: 9781780272801
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 526