Islay
Pevensey Island Guides
Published on 24. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-0-7153-3495-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is the essential guide book that contains everything the visitor needs to know about the island's heritage, landscape, climate, flora and fauna. As well as helping visitors to explore and understand the landscape, it gives an array of useful information on services, facilities and places to visit. As beautiful as it is informative, this book features a wealth of stunning photography, supplied by Derek Croucher.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Newton Abbot
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
350 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7153-3495-9 (9780715334959)
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Person
Norman Newton was born in Glasgow in 1944, spent his teenage years in Nelson, New Zealand, and attended college and university in the USA. In 1971 he returned to Scotland to work in university and public libraries, in Glasgow, Campbeltown and Inverness. He has written extensively on Scottish islands, Highland history and archaeology, and is now the reference librarian at Inverness public library.
Content
Map of the Island;
Introduction;
1 Unravelling Topography;
2 The
Island's Capital and Crossroads;
3 Distilleries and Early Christians;
4
The Lords of the Isles;
5 Medieval Splendour in a Gaelic Peninsula;
6
Standing Stones in an Orwellian Environment;
7 Birds, Rocks and Ruins;
Useful Information and Places to Visit;
Place Names and their
Pronunciations;
Further Reading;
Index.
Introduction;
1 Unravelling Topography;
2 The
Island's Capital and Crossroads;
3 Distilleries and Early Christians;
4
The Lords of the Isles;
5 Medieval Splendour in a Gaelic Peninsula;
6
Standing Stones in an Orwellian Environment;
7 Birds, Rocks and Ruins;
Useful Information and Places to Visit;
Place Names and their
Pronunciations;
Further Reading;
Index.