
- 528 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Weather Man
- 2 The Forest
- 3 The Gates of Eden: 8000 BCβ3700 BC
- 4 The Temple: 3700 BCβAD 43
- 5 The Kindred Ground: AD 43β793
- 6 Thralls: 793β1058
- 7 The Kings of the Islands of the Strangers: 1058β1306
- 8 There Is No Joy without Clan Donald: 1306β1492
- 9 Kingdom Come: 1492β1609
- 10 Moments When Nothing Seemed Impossible: 1609β1689
- 11 Na Seumasaich: 1689β1745
- 12 Defeat and Departure: 1745β1753
- 13 The Tears of the Emigrant, the Tongue of the Gael: 1753β1854
- 14 Resistance: 1854β1914
- 15 Recovering: 1914β1939
- 16 War, Peace and Renewal: 1939 to the Present Day
- Envoi
- Further Reading
- Index