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Author
Publisher
Amberley
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
For the past 200 years, lifeboats have been stationed around the coasts of Scotland, ready to rescue the shipwrecked. In times past, shipwrecks were much more common and there was little provision to help those stranded at sea. This book tells the story of each Scottish station, both onshore and in the islands.
Author
Language
English
Description
After the Union in 1707, Scotland's increasing reliance on England culminated in a crisis of identity that tortures the country to this day. But how accurate is this version of events? Placing Scotland's story in a wider context, Neil Oliver explodes some of the myths that pervade many accounts of Scottish history.
Author
Publisher
James Clarke & Co
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
'Send back the money!' is a thorough and gripping examination of a fascinating and forgotten aspect of Scottish and American relations and Church history. A seminal period of Abolition activity is exposed be Iain Whyte through a study of the fiery 'Send back the money!' campaign named after 'the hue and cry of the day' that encapsulated the argument that divided families, communities, and the Free Church itself.
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
With the gradual phasing out of wooden fishing boats of Scotland it is timely to record some of these handsome vessels. The book is packed with previously unpublished illustrations going back to the 1960s of Scotland's wooden fishing boats.
Author
Publisher
Birlinn
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
From the Ice Age to the recent Scottish referendum, Alistair Moffat explores the history of the Scottish nation. As well as focusing on key moments, such as the Battle of Bannockburn and the Jacobite Risings, he details episodes that are perhaps less well documented. From prehistoric timber halls to inventions and literature, his tale explores the drama of battle, change, loss and invention, interspersed with the lives of ordinary Scottish folk -...
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