Author: Janet McLeman
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1470962365
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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There has been a church at Peathill, near Rosehearty, since the 17th century. The ruins of the old church and the gravestones which surround it reflect the changes in the local community which have taken place over the centuries. The gravestones tell the fascinating story of Peathill's links with the Covenanters, the Jacobites, the American War of Independence and the impact of two World Wars.
Author: James Boswell
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030025038X
Category : Authors, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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This volume, tenth in the Research Correspondence Series of the Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell, documents the long friendship between Boswell and Sir William Forbes This volume, tenth in the Research Correspondence Series of the Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell, collects the letters exchanged between lawyer, diarist, and biographer James Boswell and Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, eminent Scottish banker, civic improver, philanthropist, literary and cultural patron, and lay leader of Edinburgh's "English Episcopal" community. Forbes served as Boswell's most valued Scottish advisor, to whom he would often turn for personal, financial, moral, and religious guidance, and whom he would name executor of his estate and co-guardian of his children. The volume includes a total of 111 comprehensively annotated letters, few of which have appeared previously in print, between Forbes and Boswell and other correspondents. It illuminates in particular the period in which Boswell moved from Edinburgh to London and wrote his major books, The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson and The Life of Samuel Johnson.
Author: Ingval Maxwell
Publisher:
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Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Illustrating the relationship between animals and people, and the struggle to survive that many animals face day in day out, this book reveals how many types of animals are in danger of extinction as they are hunted for their skin, teeth and bones and how other species have become threatened because humans have destroyed their habitats. All sections of the animal world are represented, from butterflies, beetles and bugs to snakes and larger mammals - bears, big cats and elephants. The text explains what is currently being done to protect these endangered animals and how research is helping experts to understand what can be done to preserve them and their habitats in the future.
Author: Great Britain. Office of Works and Public Buildings
Publisher:
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Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Author: Great Britain. Commissioners of Works
Publisher:
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Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Author: Charles McKean
Publisher: Rutland Press
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Land of barren hillsides, glorious beaches, beautiful valleys, magnificent chateaux, planned towns, ancient kirks, remote graveyards, castles, and cliff-bottom fishing villages like Crovie and Pennan. This ''cold shoulder of Scotland'', under some of the clearest skies in Europe, contains a surprising quantity of architectural wealth; and it is through the architecture of Banff and Buchan that the hidden treasures and character of this once-private principality is explored.
Author: Julian Cope
Publisher: HarperThorsons
ISBN: 9780722535998
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In this unique guide to Britain's megalithic culture, rock n' roller Julian Cope provides an inspired fusion of travel, history, poetry, maps, field notes, and pure passion.
Author: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Publisher:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Includes List of members.
Author: George Mackay Brown
Publisher: John Murray
ISBN: 1848549512
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
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The small Orcadian community of Greevoe has remained unchanged for generations. Now a shady government project, Operation Black Star, threatens to destroy the islander's way of life. George Mackay Brown's first novel describes a week in the life of the islanders as the come to terms with the repercussions of Operation Black Star in a masterful mix of prose and poetry from one of Scotland's greatest writers.
Author: Alex Johnston Warden
Publisher:
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Category : Angus (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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