In Search of Scotland (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781570983863)

From the Stone Age to the present, this book charts the impact of the Celts, Picts, Romans, Irish, Vikings, and English, of battles, wars and empire. The great and the good figure prominently, of course, but the story of Scotland is also about ordinary people, who lived and loved, worked and died, mostly leaving no record at all. Under the guidance of Gordon Menzies, Scotland's leading historians have combined to produce a work that is revealing and authoritative. Powerful people figure prominently in the book: St. Columba, Queen Margaret, David I, Wallace, Bruce, James III, James IV, James V, John Knox, the Covenanters, the Jacobites, the philosophers and scientists of the Enlightenment, the Victorian entrepreneurs, and the power brokers of the twentieth century. Accompanied throughout by spectacular full-color photographs, illustrations, paintings, and maps, the book's trenchant views and evocative descriptions will entrance anyone with an interest in Scotland and the Scots.

Author: Gordon Menzies
ISBN-10: 1570983860
ISBN-13: 9781570983863
Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Publishers
Language: English
Published: 12/26/2002
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.76w x 0.47d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/01/2003 pg. 113