In search of Scotland

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menzies, Gordon, Author.

Contributor:

Menzies, Gordon, Contributor.

Smout, T. C, Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scotland--History.

Local Subjects:

Scotland--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Polygon at Edinburgh 2001

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Search of Scotland is the companion book to the lively and challenging BBC Scotland television series. Edited by Gordon Menzies, the Producer of the television series, this book tells the story of ten thousand years of Scotland's history.History is where we come from, history is who we are. From the Stone Age to the present, the book charts the impact of Celts, Picts, Romans, Irish, Vikings and English, of battles, wars and empire. The great and the good figure prominently, of course, but the story of Scotland is also about ordinary people, who lived and loved, worked and died, mostly leaving no record at all. No matter where our ancestors come from, we are all affected by our past.Scotland's leading historians have combined to produce a work that is revealing and authoritative. Lavishly illustrated in colour and black and white, its trenchant views and evocative descriptions will entrance everyone who cares about Scotland and the Scots.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

List of maps

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements

1 Mysterious ancestors

2 Birth of a nation

3 Impact of the monk

4 The wars of independence

5 Court and kirk

6 The European lifeline

7 The making of union

8 Crucible of the modern world

9 The Victorian achievement

10 A century of pain and pleasure

Genealogies

Notes on the authors

Appendix

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-44176-6

OCLC:

1312726966