Author : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 34,86 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 1856691063
26 houses photographed in colour and accompanied by informative text about their history.
Author : Henrietta Marshall
Publisher : Perennial Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 34,55 MB
Release : 2018-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1531264387
Once upon a time there lived in Greece a king who had a son called Gathelus. Prince Gathelus was very handsome and brave, but he was wild, and gay, and wicked, and he caused his father much sorrow and trouble. Over and over again the King punished and imprisoned his son for his evil deeds. But in spite of all his father could do, Gathelus grew no better but rather worse. At last the King had no more patience with him, and banished him from the land.
Author : Denis Gallagher
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 43,92 MB
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1398401722
The author is a Scot from the small (two shop) village of Whins of Milton, two miles south of the Royal Burgh of Stirling. He has always loved the sea and ships, and was master of the first Australian flag anchor handler, operating in offshore oilfields around Australia. The book covers a wheen o’ topics – growing up in the Whins, then living in Australia, to which he emigrated in 1968 with his wife and family, to his wanderings in the countries of the Pacific Basin. Later, it also makes some comments on Australians, their character and contentment (and pride) as to who they are as a race of people, living under the Southern Cross. Ships and the sea are never far away. Also part of this story is the Greek Tragedy of the demise of Alfred Holt, the author having been indentured to that heroic and exemplary Liverpool company as a deck apprentice in 1957. The note, Welcome to Country, says it all as to his worldview of Australians, an attitude almost Caledonian in its sense of directness and curiosity, particularly regarding the workings of the vast world which is all around us.
Author : James D. Taylor Jr.
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 10,18 MB
Release : 2022-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 162894496X
A dramatic period in the maritime history of England and Europe, in the late Tudor era sailors ventured far from shore for commerce and conquest. Taylor documents ship types and names, cargoes and weaponry, crew complements, storms and battles, with log entries and previously unpublished narratives and maps of possible wreck sites collected from the period 1547 to 1603.
Author : English and Scottish history
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 29,84 MB
Release : 1828
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Author : Ernle Bradford
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 50,4 MB
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1497625718
The evolution of the battleship through centuries of war, told by a nautical expert and author of The Mighty Hood. During its reign from the sixteenth century to the mid-twentieth, the battleship was the most powerful weapon of war known to man. Strategically, it determined a war’s outcome. Tactically, it dominated every sea battle. But at the Battle of Taranto in 1940 and the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, carrier-borne aircraft made a decisive display of superiority over the once-mighty battleship. Thus World War II heralded the end of the era of The Great Ship. In The Great Ship, noted naval historian Ernle Bradford traces the evolution of battleships through centuries of conflict and innovation. Selecting one or two ships from each period, Bradford illustrates their use in action and the significant roles they played in the course of history.
Author : Robert Jeffrey
Publisher : Black & White Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 25,47 MB
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1845028872
High cliffs jutting out into the Atlantic and the North Sea, many hundreds of rocky skerries, deep sea lochs, dangerous unseen reefs, powerful tides and gales that batter the land fiercely from all points of the compass...Scotland has a coastline of immense beauty and danger, and its cruel sea has claimed many lives down the years. Disaster at sea is a poignant part of Scotland's history, and in this chilling and awe-inspiring book, bestselling author Robert Jeffrey tells the compelling stories of the victims of the ocean deeps. Car ferries, fishing boats, troopers, pleasure yachts and Navy vessels of all sorts, including submarines, have gone to the bottom. And in brave attempts to save those in danger with lifeboats, many have died. Including the famous tales of the Princess Victoria, the ill-fated Kl3 submarines, the Longhope lifeboat and the Iolaire, Scotland's Cruel Sea remembers the maritime tragedies that made headlines and became part of the folk memory of a seagoing nation.
Author : Chris Townsend
Publisher : Cicerone Press Limited
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 32,67 MB
Release : 2011-03-30
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1849653534
This comprehensive book is an excellent planning resource for those who wish to venture into the Scottish mountains. Whether you are planning a walk, scramble, climb or ski tour this larger format guide has all the information the independent mountain lover needs. The guide covers all the mountainous areas of Scotland from south to north, divided into seven regions. Each regional chapter covers individual glens important for mountain-goers, groups of hills that form coherent massifs and individual hills of significance. However, this is not a route guide and detailed descriptions are not provided. The aim of the book is to inspire and entertain as well as inform; to show first-time visitors just what the Scottish mountains have to offer and provide a new perspective for those who have been before. In the descriptions author Chris Townsend has given his opinions as to the relative qualities of the walks, glens, lochs, mountains and the landscape in general and highlighted those he thinks are the best the area has to offer. Includes: Descriptions of all the Scottish mountains, area-by-area from south to north, to help you identify the best locations for hill walking, mountaineering, climbing and ski touring Classic ascents and walks described, from scrambles up Ben Nevis to ski tours in the Cairngorms A planning tool for long-distance treks
Author : William Anderson
Publisher :
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 49,35 MB
Release : 1866
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Author : Elizabeth Wilson Grierson
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 40,91 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Scotland
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