An Enquiry Into the History of Scotland
Author: John Pinkerton
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Published: 1814
Total Pages: 994
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Author: John Pinkerton
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Published: 1814
Total Pages: 994
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Published: 1814
Total Pages: 654
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Published: 1794
Total Pages: 640
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Published: 1814
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Neil Oliver
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 2009-12-17
Total Pages: 511
ISBN-13: 0297860291
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe dramatic story of Scotland - by charismatic television historian, Neil Oliver. Scotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past. Yet the stories and figures that dominate Scottish history - tales of failure, submission, thwarted ambition and tragedy - often badly serve this great nation, overshadowing the rich tapestry of her intricate past. Historian Neil Oliver presents a compelling new portrait of Scottish history, peppered with action, high drama and centuries of turbulence that have helped to shape modern Scotland. Along the way, he takes in iconic landmarks and historic architecture; debunks myths surrounding Scotland's famous sons; recalls forgotten battles; charts the growth of patriotism; and explores recent political developments, capturing Scotland's sense of identity and celebrating her place in the wider world.
Author: Andrew Hook
Publisher: Glasgow : Blackie
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 284
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas M. Curley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-04-16
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 113947734X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJames Macpherson's famous hoax, publishing his own poems as the writings of the ancient Scots bard Ossian in the 1760s, remains fascinating to scholars as the most successful literary fraud in history. This study presents the fullest investigation of his deception to date, by looking at the controversy from the point of view of Samuel Johnson. Johnson's dispute with Macpherson was an argument with wide implications not only for literature, but for the emerging national identities of the British nations during the Celtic revival. Thomas M. Curley offers a wealth of genuinely new information, detailing as never before Johnson's involvement in the Ossian controversy, his insistence on truth-telling, and his interaction with others in the debate. The appendix reproduces a rare pamphlet against Ossian written with the assistance of Johnson himself. This book will be an important addition to knowledge about both the Ossian controversy and Samuel Johnson.
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Published: 1821
Total Pages: 536
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Published: 1827
Total Pages: 710
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hugh Trevor-Roper
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008-07-16
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 0300176538
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book argues that while Anglo-Saxon culture has given rise to virtually no myths at all, myth has played a central role in the historical development of Scottish identity. Hugh Trevor-Roper explores three myths across 400 years of Scottish history: the political myth of the "ancient constitution" of Scotland; the literary myth, including Walter Scott as well as Ossian and ancient poetry; and the sartorial myth of tartan and the kilt, invented--ironically, by Englishmen--in quite modern times. Trevor-Roper reveals myth as an often deliberate cultural construction used to enshrine a people's identity. While his treatment of Scottish myth is highly critical, indeed debunking, he shows how the ritualization and domestication of Scotland's myths as local color diverted the Scottish intelligentsia from the path that led German intellectuals to a dangerous myth of racial supremacy. This compelling manuscript was left unpublished on Trevor-Roper's death in 2003 and is now made available for the first time. Written with characteristic elegance, lucidity, and wit, and containing defiant and challenging opinions, it will absorb and provoke Scottish readers while intriguing many others. "I believe that the whole history of Scotland has been coloured by myth; and that myth, in Scotland, is never driven out by reality, or by reason, but lingers on until another myth has been discovered, or elaborated, to replace it."-Hugh Trevor-Roper