Scotland: 1000 Things You Need to Know

Description

As the proud possessors of a fiercely independent creative heritage, the Scots were a race apart even before Hadrian built the wall. Scotland has produced an indomitable bunch of fighters, builders, thinkers and drinkers, poets, players and pedagogues that have shaped the course of modern history. "Scotland: 1,000 Things You Need To Know" is the real McCoy, a comprehensive guide to Caledonia and its remarkable people.

Reviews

'Entertaining and scholarly - he writes like a Scottish Bill Bryson' The Courier 'A small, cheerful book... A valiant attempt to navigate the more trivial contours of enlightenment and clearances, crown and parliament, dirt and deity... In a different league to the Scottish novelty titles that get stocked next to the bookstore tills' Sunday Times

Author description

Edwin Moore was for twenty years a senior editor at the Collins Reference division in Glasgow. He is the author of two previous books: Lemmings Don't Leap: 180 Myths, Misconceptions and Urban Legends Exploded (2006) and Brief Encounters: Meetings Between (Mostly) Remarkable People (2007), both published by Chambers Harrap.

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9781843548669
• Publisher : Atlantic Books
• Imprint : Atlantic Books
• Publication date : May 2010
• Dimensions : 198mm X 129mm X 23mm
• Produced in : United Kingdom
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Pages : 256
• Dewey classification : 941.1
• Bind : Paperback
• Author : Edwin Moore