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Battleground Perthshire: Two Thousand Years of Battles, Encounters and Skirmishes - Softcover

Philippou, Paul; Hands, Rob

 
9780956337405: Battleground Perthshire: Two Thousand Years of Battles, Encounters and Skirmishes
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0956337406 ISBN 13: 9780956337405
Publisher: Tippermuir Books Limited, 2009

Synopsis

BATTLEGROUND PERTHSHIRE is a concise account of the battles and minor military events that have taken place within the county of Perthshire. Comprising two thousand years of battles, raids, rebellions, sieges, riots, feuds, ambushes and skirmishes, Battleground Perthshire shines the spotlight on the military history of Scotland's big county. Drawn from extensive primary and secondary sources: archives, eyewitness accounts and official records, it tells the fascinating stories of struggles for wealth, power, freedom and the right to self-determination. This chronicle of Perthshire's military history stands as an important reminder of some of the events that have marked the development of the Scottish people. It will appeal both to the reader interested in the history of Scotland and to those interested in military history.

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About the Author

Paul Philippou is a teacher and historian living in Perth. He has worked at Dundee and Stirling Universities and for The Open University. This is his second book; his first, Spanish Thermopylae: Cypriot Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39, was published in March 2009 by Warren & Pell.

Rob Hands is a geography teacher living near Perth. He has also written and illustrated International Issues in the 1990s - Chambers Social Studies Series (1991)
and the Success Guide to Intermediate 2 Geography - Leckie and Leckie (2009). He produces landscape graphics and diagrams to aid landscape and historical interpretation. He has made numerous visits to Scottish, UK, European and US battlefields to investigate the geographical elements involved in a range of battles.

From the Back Cover

BATTLEGROUND PERTHSHIRE is a concise account of the battles
and minor military events that have taken place within the county of Perthshire. Comprising two thousand years of battles, raids, rebellions, sieges, riots, feuds, ambushes and skirmishes, Battleground Perthshire shines the spotlight on the military history of Scotland's big county. Drawn from extensive primary and secondary sources: archives, eyewitness accounts and official records, it tells the fascinating stories of struggles for wealth, power, freedom and the right to self-determination.
This chronicle of Perthshire's military history stands as an important reminder of some of the events that have marked the development of the Scottish people. It will appeal both to the reader interested in the history
of Scotland and to those interested in military history.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Tippermuir Books Limited
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0956337406
ISBN 13 
9780956337405
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
108