The Tartan Pimpernel
The Tartan Pimpernel

Author: Donald C Caskie

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781014195791

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Scottish Fairy Belief
Scottish Fairy Belief

Author: Lizanne Henderson

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9781862321908

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The authorities told folk what they ought to believe, but what did they really believe? Throughout Scottish history, people have believed in fairies. They were a part of everyday life, as real as the sunrise, and as incontrovertible as the existence of God. While fairy belief was only a fragment of a much larger complex, the implications of studying this belief tradition are potentially vast, revealing some understanding of the worldview of the people of past centuries. This book, the first modern study of the subject, examines the history and nature of fairy belief, the major themes and motifs, the demonising attack upon the tradition, and the attempted reinstatement of the reality of fairies at the end of the seventeenth century, as well as their place in ballads and in Scottish literature.

John Knox
John Knox

Author: Rosalind K. Marshall

Publisher:

Published: 2023-10-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781839830488

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James III
James III

Author: Norman Macdougall

Publisher: Birlinn Ltd

Published: 2009-06-08

Total Pages: 645

ISBN-13: 1788852427

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James III is the most enigmatic of the Stewart kings of Scotland. Variously characterised as artistic, peace-loving, morbidly suspicious, treacherous, pious, lecherous and lazy, King James was much criticised by contemporaries and later chroniclers for his failure to do his job in the manner expected of him, and particularly for his reliance on low-born favourites to the exclusion of his 'natural' counsellors, the nobility. Specific complaints included debasement of the coinage, royal hoarding of money, failure to staunch feuds and to enforce criminal justice. Yet James III has also been seen as a major patron of the arts, as Scotland's first Renaissance king, and as the architect of an intelligent and forward-looking foreign policy. In this new study, the author explores all these areas and seeks to explain why King James was challenged by a huge rebellion in 1482, which he narrowly survived, and why he succumbed to a further rising in 1488, which placed his eldest son on the throne as James IV.

The Scottish World
The Scottish World

Author: Billy Kay

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-12-02

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1780574010

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'Thaim wi a guid Scots tongue in their heid are fit tae gang ower the warld' In The Scottish World, renowned broadcaster Billy Kay takes us on a global journey of discovery, highlighting the extraordinary influence the Scots have had on communities and cultures on almost every continent. While others have questioned the self-confidence of the Scots, Kay has travelled the world from Bangkok to Brazil, Warsaw to Waikiki and found ringing endorsements for the integrity and intellect, the poetry and passion of the Scottish people in every country he has visited. He expands people's view of Scotland by relating remarkable stories of the wealthy Scottish merchant community in Gdansk; of national geniuses of Scots descent, such as Lermontov in Russia and Grieg in Norway; of an American Civil War blamed on Sir Walter Scott and initiated in the St Andrew's Society of Charleston; of inspirational missionaries in Calabar and Budapest; of Scotch professors establishing football in soccer strongholds such as Barcelona and São Paulo; of pioneers like Sandeman and Cockburn, and the Scottish roots of many of the great wines of Europe; and of their amazing involvement in liberation movements in Malawi, Chile, Peru, Greece, Corsica and India. The Scottish World is a celebration of the enormous contribution the Scots have made to the modern world.

Scottish Handwriting 1150-1650
Scottish Handwriting 1150-1650

Author: Grant G. Simpson

Publisher: Tuckwell Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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Simpson, the Honorary Reader of the Scottish History at the University of Aberdeen, has provided a detailed transcript and commentary of facsimile texts, surveying the historical background of handwriting usage with emphasis on the changing fashions.

Air Forces Escape & Evasion Society
Air Forces Escape & Evasion Society

Author: Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9781563110344

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A history of the brave American men who flew and were shot down in Europe during World War II, but were able to escape imprisonment due to the efforts of those who aided them. A source of information on the European underground resistance groups of World War II. The book contains rare photographs, maps, and war documents.

Nature's Palette
Nature's Palette

Author: Patrick Baty

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-05-18

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 0691217041

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This fully realized colour catalogue includes elegant contemporary illustrations of every animal, plant or mineral cited in Syme's edition of “Werner's nomenclature of colours”

The Tartan Pimpernel
The Tartan Pimpernel

Author: Donald Caskie

Publisher: Birlinn Publishers

Published: 2006-02

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 9781843410355

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Tells the story of Donald Caskie who stayed behind to help establish a network of safe houses and escape routes for Allied soldiers and airmen trapped in occupied territory only to be arrested and sentenced to death. It was only through the intervention of a German pastor that he was saved.