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A Concise History of Scotland - Softcover

Maclean, Fitzroy

 
9780500272244: A Concise History of Scotland

Synopsis

'The Scots', said a censorious English member of Parliament in 1607, 'have not suffered above two kings to die in their beds these two hundred years.' He may have exaggerated, but undeniably Scotland has a rough and blood-stained history. It is a complex one, too, but Sir Fitzroy Maclean has disentangled the threads, and enlivened his brisk account with both wit and scholarship. Pictures from authentic and contemporary sources illuminate his story - its romantic figures and bloody battles, its politics and religion - and provide a rich visual record of Scotland's art, craftmanship and intellectual life.

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