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A Passion for Castles
The Story of MacGibbon and Ross and the Castles they Surveyed
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780859767163
Pub Date: 2024-06-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
256 Pages
This book tells the little-known story of the pioneering two architects and how they carried out their surveys of 700 of Scotland’s castellated buildings, ranging from great medieval fortresses to small lairds’ houses with pepper-pot turrets.
Picts, Gaels and Scots
Early Historic Scotland
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9780859767224
Pub Date: 2024-04-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
144 Pages
Early historic Scotland - from the fifth to the tenth century AD - was home to a variety of diverse peoples and cultures, all competing for land and supremacy. Yet by the eleventh century it had become a single, unified kingdom, known as Alba, under a stable and successful monarchy. How did this happen, and when?
Columba
Pilgrim, Priest & Patron Saint
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9780859767231
Pub Date: 2024-06-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
224 Pages
St Columba is one of the most important figures in the early history of the British Isles. Drawing on contemporary sources and the latest modern research, this book traces Columba’s achievements and legacy. It examines his roles as abbot, scholar and missionary as well as his involvement in the affairs of kings in both Ireland and northern Britain.
The Campbells, 1250-1513
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780859767248
Pub Date: 2024-06-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
400 Pages
If not perhaps the most popular Highland clan, the Campbells are undoubtedly one of the most successful. This book reassesses these negative images and interpretations of the growth of Campbell authority from the thirteenth century and the Wars of Independence through to the death of Archibald, 2nd earl of Argyll, at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
The Tobacco Lords
Scotland and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780859767255
Pub Date: 2024-07-16
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
224 Pages
In the eighteenth century, Glasgow and its outports became the dominant force in the highly lucrative tobacco commerce from the Americas to Europe.This prize-winning book explains why such remarkable...
Pedigrees, Power and Clanship
Essays on Medieval Scotland
Price: $80.00
ISBN: 9781910900789
Pub Date: 2024-01-18
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: John Donald
416 Pages
This book brings together the major writings of David Sellar (1941–2019) on the genealogies (pedigrees) claimed by some of the major clans of medieval Highland and Island Scotland, especially the descendants of their twelfth-century king Somerled. It is an invaluable resource for students, genealogists and historians of medieval Scottish history.
Salt
Scotland’s Newest Oldest Industry
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781788855907
Pub Date: 2023-11-14
Format: Digital download
Imprint: John Donald
240 Pages
Salt is a vital commodity. For many centuries it sustained life for Scots as seasoning for a diet dominated by grains (mainly oats), and for preservation of fish and cheese.Sea-salt manufacturing is...
The People Are Not There'
The Transformation of Badenoch 1800–1863
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9781910900987
Pub Date: 2023-08-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
448 Pages
Badenoch today is a landscape of empty glens and ruined settlements, but it was not always so. This book examines the transformative events that shaped the region’s destiny.
A Passion for Castles
The Story of MacGibbon and Ross and the Castles they Surveyed
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780859767163
Pub Date: 2024-06-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
256 Pages
Picts, Gaels and Scots
Early Historic Scotland
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9780859767224
Pub Date: 2024-04-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
144 Pages
Columba
Pilgrim, Priest & Patron Saint
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9780859767231
Pub Date: 2024-06-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
224 Pages
The Campbells, 1250-1513
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780859767248
Pub Date: 2024-06-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
400 Pages
The Tobacco Lords
Scotland and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780859767255
Pub Date: 2024-07-16
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
224 Pages
Pedigrees, Power and Clanship
Essays on Medieval Scotland
Price: $80.00
ISBN: 9781910900789
Pub Date: 2024-01-18
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: John Donald
416 Pages
Salt
Scotland’s Newest Oldest Industry
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781788855907
Pub Date: 2023-11-14
Format: Digital download
Imprint: John Donald
240 Pages
The People Are Not There'
The Transformation of Badenoch 1800–1863
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9781910900987
Pub Date: 2023-08-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
448 Pages