The Alistair Moffat History Collection
eBook Bundle
Erschienen am 1. April 2023
1112 Seiten
978-1-78885-631-7 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Uncover the story of Scotland with Alistair Moffat's history collection. From the Ice Age to the modern day, this bundle leaves no stone unturned.
Journey through the long-lost kingdoms of Roman times and the Dark Ages, uncover the bloodshed wrought by the Border Reivers for two centuries, track down the true King Arthur, and learn the true story of how Scotland became the nation it is today.
'Moffat plunders the facts and fables to create a richly-detailed and comprehensive analysis of a nation's past' - Scots Magazine
Titles included in this bundle are:
The Faded Map
Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms
The Reivers
Scotland: A History From Earliest Times
Journey through the long-lost kingdoms of Roman times and the Dark Ages, uncover the bloodshed wrought by the Border Reivers for two centuries, track down the true King Arthur, and learn the true story of how Scotland became the nation it is today.
'Moffat plunders the facts and fables to create a richly-detailed and comprehensive analysis of a nation's past' - Scots Magazine
Titles included in this bundle are:
The Faded Map
Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms
The Reivers
Scotland: A History From Earliest Times
Weitere Details
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Edinburgh
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Birlinn General
Dateigröße
24,44 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78885-631-7 (9781788856317)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Person
Alistair Moffat was born and bred in the Scottish Borders. A former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Director of Programmes at Scottish Television and founder of the Borders Book Festival, he is also the author of a number of highly acclaimed books. From 2011 he was Rector of the University of St Andrews. His previous books include The Reivers, The Borders, Scotland: A History from Earliest Times and To the Island of Tides.
Inhalt
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- The Faded Map
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1. Shadows
- 2. The Faded Map
- 3. As If Into a Different Island
- 4. Kingdoms Come
- 5. After Rome
- 6. The Baptised
- 7. Bernicia
- 8. Strathclyde
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plates
- Also Available
- Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms
- Author biography
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of maps
- Acknowledgements
- 1 ANOTHER RIVER
- 2 AN ACCIDENTAL HISTORY
- 3 THE NAMES OF MEMORY
- 4 THE HORSEMEN
- 5 THE ENDS OF EMPIRE
- 6 AFTER ROME
- 7 THE KINGDOMS OF THE MIGHTY
- 8 PART SEEN, PART IMAGINED
- 9 THE MEN OF THE GREAT WOOD
- 10 THE GENERALS
- 11 FINDING ARTHUR
- 12 THE HORSE FORT
- 13 THE LANDS OF AIR AND DARKNESS
- Bibliography
- Index
- ALSO AVAILABLE FROM BIRLINN BY ALISTAIR MOFFAT
- The Reivers
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Part I
- 1 Moonlight
- 2 The Lords of the Names
- 3 The Landscape of Larceny
- 4 The Condition of Men
- Part II
- 5 Before Flodden
- 6 The Wild Frontier
- 7 Riding Times
- Envoi
- Appendix 1 The Border Ballads
- Appendix 2 The Names
- Appendix 3 Kings and Queens
- Appendix 4 How the Ferniehurst Kerrs Stopped Reiving and Became Part of the British Establishment
- Appendix 5 The Common Riding Year
- Bibliography
- Index
- Also Available
- Scotland: A History From Earliest Times
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Collisions
- 2 The Pioneers
- 3 Caledonia
- 4 Alba
- 5 Old Gods and the Edge of Heaven
- 6 The Nation of the Scots
- 7 The War for Scotland
- 8 Scotland Remade
- 9 An Imperfect Union
- 10 Rebellious Scots
- 11 North Britain
- 12 Imperial Scotland
- 13 Scotlands
- Envoi
- Bibliography
- Index
