The Beloved St. Mungo, Founder of Glasgow
The Beloved St. Mungo, Founder of Glasgow

Author: Reginald B. Hale

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 0776602276

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This book is published in English. St. Mungo, the founder of Scotland's largest city, was born around 525 AD. This makes him a contemporary of the legendary King Arthur of Britain, and situates him firmly in the sixth century, the so-called "lost century" when, in the breakdown of the Roman Empire, records were no longer kept and even the method of dating years was lost. Nothing was written about Mungo until the twelfth century, but his story was passed down by his people in the oral tradition. It is this story that Reginald Hale set out to trace, by visiting the places that tradition associates with Mungo's life. The scholarship and enthusiasm he brought to this task have helped to produce a book which not only fills a significant gap in our knowledge of a vital period in the history of Christianity, but also makes fascinating reading in its portrayal of a truly remarkable personality.

Beyond the Last Dragon
Beyond the Last Dragon

Author: James McGonigal

Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd

Published: 2011-12-09

Total Pages: 597

ISBN-13: 1908737018

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Edwin Morgan's restless imagination moved easily between multiple worlds, voices and identities. His own life story, told here for the first time, also reveals a range of identities - as academic, cultural activist, radical writer, international traveller, gay man and national poet. These identities were sometimes in conflict, or kept hidden and apart. Beyond the Last Dragon, written with his full support, explores hitherto unknown archive resources and creative work. It recounts an amazing and sometimes troubled career, using the poet's own letters, poems and plays from the 1930s to the present day to uncover the origins of his remarkable - and life-long - inventiveness and flair. All this is set against Edwin Morgan's moving struggle against 'the last dragon' of cancer, and to remain creatively alive in the face of suffering in the final years of his life. This prize-winning biography was published just days after the poet's death. James McGonigal now adds a new chapter to describe subsequent events.

Columba
Columba

Author: Nigel Tranter

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Published: 2012-08-30

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 1444757695

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Written by the author of The Bruce Trilogy, The Captive Crown, and Margaret the Queen, this is the story of a very human, fallible but courageous and indomitable man, born an Irish prince in the troubled and pagan sixth century, who rejected the high kingship of all Ireland to be an abbot.

The Winter Tower
The Winter Tower

Author: J. F. Danskin

Publisher: Inkpot Books

Published: 2021-04-23

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13:

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A renewed Norse threat and an army of Picts raise the stakes as winter descends on the kingdom. Cardhu is lost to the Norse. Further inland a new settlement grows, in the shadow of a ruined tower with a history of its own. At last it seems as if the druid stones will be together again, allowing the place to be protected. But before the spell is cast, the druidess Méabh is abducted, forcing Donnell and his companions on a treacherous journey towards the great capital – where new armies gather. Men are lost along the way, and old adversaries return. But nothing can prepare them for the events that will unfold by the church of Cathures, on the shores of the great River Clud. The fourth instalment of the Druid Stones Saga, tales of Celtic history and magic set in 9th century Scotland.