The Northern Highlands
The Empty Lands
Published on 1. February 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-84282-087-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Empty Lands are that great area of northern Scotland between Ullapool and Cape Wrath, and between Bonar Bridge and John O' Groats. It is truly the Land of the Mountain and the Flood, where land and sea mingle in unsurpassed glory.
Reviews / Votes
Here, you will find that curious pastiche of myths and legend and history that the Scots use to describe their heritage... A lively counterpoint to the more standard, detached guidebook... Intriguing.'THE WASHINGTON POSTGentlemen, we have just returned from a six-week stay in Scotland. I am convinced that Tom Atkinson is the best guidebook author I have ever read, about any place, any time. EDWARD TAYLOR, Los Angeles
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
220 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84282-087-2 (9781842820872)
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Person
TOM ATKINSON founded Luath Press in Barr, Ayrshire. Tom has written extensively on his love of the Scottish landscape in our Luath Guides to Scotland series. He continues to write for Luath Press; most recently in Napiers History of Herbal Healing, the story of the successful Edinburgh-based herbalists, and the untold story of the RAF Servicing Commandos in Spectacles, Testicles, Fags and Matches .