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The Highland clans / Alistair Moffat.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780500290842 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 176 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour map ; 20 cm
- Publisher: New York : Thames & Hudson, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
| General Note: | First published in Great Britain and the United States in 2010. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175) and index. |
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| Subject: | Clans > Scotland > Highlands > History. Scotland > History. Scotland > Social life and customs. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 929.209411 Mof | 31681010261444 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Book News
This work offers a highly illustrated history of the clans of the Scottish Highlands, from their Celtic origins to the present day. Stories of great leaders, battles, and traditions are supplemented with descriptions of the landscape and an analysis of the effect of the great migrations to the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand that began after the battle of Culloden in 1746. The book includes a clan map and an alphabetical list of clans, plus a total of 86 color and b&w historical illustrations and photos. Moffat has written other books on Scottish history. This is a paperbound reprint of the 2010 clothbound edition. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - WW Norton
âA brisk and accessible guide to a thousand years of reiving and rivalry in the Highlands.â âThe Scotsman - WW Norton
The story of the Highland clans of Scotland is famous, the names celebrated, and the deeds heroic. Having clung to ancient traditions of family, loyalty, and valor for centuries, the clans met the beginning of their end at the fateful Battle of Culloden in 1746.Alistair Moffat traces the history of the clans from their Celtic origins to the coming of the Romans; from Somerled the Viking to Robert the Bruce; from the great battles of Bannockburn and Flodden to Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Risings; and from the Clearances to the present day.Moffat is an adept guide to the world of the clans, a world dominated by lineage, land, and community. These are stories of great leaders and famous battles, and of an extraordinary people, shaped by the unique traditions and landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Itâs a story too about the pain of leaving, with the great emigrations to the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand that began after Culloden.Complete with a clan map and an alphabetical list of the clans of the Scottish Highlands, this is a must for anyone interested in the history of Scotland.
