Author : Leslie Frewin
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 11,79 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Proceedings of a conference jointly sponosred by The Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom, The National Ports Council and The National Physical Laboratory.
Author : Leslie Frewin
Publisher :
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 15,1 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 9789120029887
Author : William Hutchison Murray
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,55 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Jacobins
ISBN : 9780862415389
Rob Roy MacGregor, Scotland's most romantic, elusive hero, was an outlaw and a life-long enemy of Montrose. So well-known was he that no one thought to write down a physical description of him, or any direct record of his childhood and youth. Thus tracking down Rob Roy today is to embark upon a painstaking search through archives, estate records and folk myths, enriched and confused by the romantic yarns that have grown up around him. W. H. Murray brings together new interpretations of Rob Roy's life and times to produce a new understanding of the character, actions and motives of a man who became a myth and symbol of Scotland. Murray shows that Rob Roy's renown stems from his remarkable force of character, rather than his politics or his place in the writings of Sir Walter Scott. His political mission outwardly failed, but his extraordinary resolution in adversity has earned him his place in history and legend.
Author : Walter Scott
Publisher :
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 25,54 MB
Release : 1872
Category :
ISBN :
Author : David Stevenson
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 39,37 MB
Release : 2016-06-06
Category : Outlaws
ISBN : 9781780273785
This is the first time that Rob Roy's life has been written with a full range of sources. The picture that emerges is indeed striking, but not heroic. A man deeply wronged and oppressed, forced into outlawry, has to be modified by the clear evidence that he was only outlawed after undertaking a careful plan to swindle his creditors. With this book Scotland may lose a hero of the old-fashioned and unreal sort, but it possesses a Rob Roy whose life-story emerges as one that was dramatic and certainly more human. This radical revision of popular views on Rob Roy is based on much recently discovered material and is the first new biography for thirty years.
Author : Magnus Maclean
Publisher : London : Blackie
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 15,77 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Dialect literature, Scottish
ISBN :
Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher :
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 22,51 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746
ISBN :
Author : Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 27,34 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
In this study, which is first of all a folk-lore study, we pursue principally an anthropo-psychological method of interpreting the Celtic belief in fairies, though we do not hesitate now and then to call in the aid of philology; and we make good use of the evidence offered by mythologies, religions, metaphysics, and physical sciences.
Author : Ellis Merton Coulter
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 42,59 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Europe
ISBN : 0806310316
Information pertaining to each settler consists, generally, of name, age, occupation, place of origin, names of spouse, children and other family members, dates of embarkation and arrival, place of settlement, and date of death. In addition, some of the more notorious aspects of the settlers' lives are recounted in brief, telltale sketches.
Author : Grace Banks
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 36,82 MB
Release : 2014-10-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0750957921
Monsters, lunatics, vampires, werewolves and evil dolls, stones entombing bodies, faces appearing in walls, curses and meetings with the Devil – all this and more are contained within this book of myths and ancient legends. Well-known storytellers Grace Banks and Sheena Blackhall recount a range of intriguing tales from the top to the bottom of Scotland, from ancient times to the present day. Folklore embeds itself in a local community, often to the extent that some people believe all manner of mysteries and take them as fact. Whether they're stories passed around the school playground, through the Internet, or round a flickering campfire, such legends are everywhere. Scottish Urban Myths and Ancient Legends is a quirky and downright spooky ride into the heart of Celtic folklore.
