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The Scottish Highlands: A Cultural History (Landscapes of the Imagination)
Andrew Beattie
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Description for The Scottish Highlands: A Cultural History (Landscapes of the Imagination)
Paperback. A cultural history of the Scottish Highlands Series: Landscapes of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; HBJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
The Scottish Highlands form the highest mountains in the British Isles, a broad arc of rocky peaks and deep glens stretching from the outskirts of Glasgow, Perth and Aberdeen to the remote and storm-lashed Cape Wrath in Scotland's far northwest. The Romans never conquered the region - according to the historian Tacitus, the Highland warrior chieftain Calgacus dubbed his people 'the last of the free' - and in the Dark Ages the island of Iona became home to a Celtic Church that was able to pose a serious challenge to the Church of Rome. Few travellers ... Read more
The Scottish Highlands form the highest mountains in the British Isles, a broad arc of rocky peaks and deep glens stretching from the outskirts of Glasgow, Perth and Aberdeen to the remote and storm-lashed Cape Wrath in Scotland's far northwest. The Romans never conquered the region - according to the historian Tacitus, the Highland warrior chieftain Calgacus dubbed his people 'the last of the free' - and in the Dark Ages the island of Iona became home to a Celtic Church that was able to pose a serious challenge to the Church of Rome. Few travellers ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Landscapes of the Imagination
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909930001
SKU
V9781909930001
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99-50
About Andrew Beattie
ANDREW BEATTIE has written for Rough Guides, the Independent on Sunday, and the journal Contemporary Review, and is the author of two previous books in the Landscapes of the Imagination series, on the Alps and the River Danube. He has also written titles for Signal Books on the cities of Prague and Cairo and has contributed to programmes on BBC ... Read more
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