The Highlands and Islands of Scotland
eBook - ePub

The Highlands and Islands of Scotland

A New History

  1. 528 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Highlands and Islands of Scotland

A New History

About this book

Alistair Moffat tells the extraordinary story of the Highlands in the most detailed book ever written about this remarkable part of Scotland.

This is the story of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland as it has never been told before. From the formation of the landscape millions of years ago to the twenty-first century, it brings to life the events and the people who have shaped Highland history, from saints, sinners and outlaws to monarchs, clan chiefs and warriors.

Highly readable and informative, it mines a wide range of sources including medieval manuscripts and sagas, poetry and popular culture. Picts, Romans, Irish missionaries, Vikings, Jacobites and the flood of emigrants who left to forge new lives abroad are just some of the important players in the drama. As he paints the bigger picture, Alistair Moffat also introduces many key aspects of Highland culture and explores the experience of ordinary Highlanders and Islanders over thousands of years.

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Information

Publisher
Birlinn
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781780278575
eBook ISBN
9781788856836
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 The Weather Man
  7. 2 The Forest
  8. 3 The Gates of Eden: 8000 BC–3700 BC
  9. 4 The Temple: 3700 BC–AD 43
  10. 5 The Kindred Ground: AD 43–793
  11. 6 Thralls: 793–1058
  12. 7 The Kings of the Islands of the Strangers: 1058–1306
  13. 8 There Is No Joy without Clan Donald: 1306–1492
  14. 9 Kingdom Come: 1492–1609
  15. 10 Moments When Nothing Seemed Impossible: 1609–1689
  16. 11 Na Seumasaich: 1689–1745
  17. 12 Defeat and Departure: 1745–1753
  18. 13 The Tears of the Emigrant, the Tongue of the Gael: 1753–1854
  19. 14 Resistance: 1854–1914
  20. 15 Recovering: 1914–1939
  21. 16 War, Peace and Renewal: 1939 to the Present Day
  22. Envoi
  23. Further Reading
  24. Index