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  • Scotland’s Christmas
    Murray Cook / Thomas A. Christie
    Winter festivals in Scotland have been going on for a very long time-at least 10,000 years, in fact, which means that they predate traditional Christmas celebrations by some eight millennia! Scots have always loved to party when the days are cold and the nights are long. But what was the basis for all this seasonal merrymaking, and exactly what makes a Scottish Christmas so uni...
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    32,97 €

  • Scotland’s Christmas
    Murray Cook / Thomas A. Christie
    Winter festivals in Scotland have been going on for a very long time-at least 10,000 years, in fact, which means that they predate traditional Christmas celebrations by some eight millennia! Scots have always loved to party when the days are cold and the nights are long. But what was the basis for all this seasonal merrymaking, and exactly what makes a Scottish Christmas so uni...
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    49,36 €

  • The Bannock Burn
    Ian McNeish / Murray Cook
    Winding from Earl’s Hill to the River Forth, to follow the Bannock Burn is to chart the twists and turns of Scotland’s history. Over the centuries, its shores have seen duns and brochs, mills and lime kilns, Romans and redcoats, and much more besides. Its meandering waters have driven industry, provided sustenance and played witness to some incredible stories.In this book, Dr M...
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    26,54 €

  • Bannockburn and Stirling Bridge
    Murray Cook
    The Scottish Wars of Independence: a titanic struggle over the fate of the Scottish nation which made heroes of Robert the Bruce and William Wallace, and saw many clashes that have gone down as among the most significant in the country’s history. None, however, were to be quite as momentous as the epic Battles of Stirling Bridge and Bannockburn.In this book, archaeologist Dr Mu...
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    26,54 €

  • The Anvil of Scottish History
    Murray Cook
    Stirling was Scotland’s ancient capital, and it remains its best preserved medieval city with its remarkable city walls and late medieval hospital, the oldest royal park, as well as one of the most striking Renaissance palaces in all of Europe. It is home to the world’s oldest football and curling stone - and the home of tartan. Stirling was the grounds for the two most importa...
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    15,31 €

  • Digging into Stirling’s Past
    Murray Cook
    Stirling is Scotland’s smallest city and one of its newest. But, strangely, it’s also the ancient capital and one of the most important locations in all of Scottish history. If you wanted to invade or to resist invasion, you did it at Stirling. It has witnessed Celts, Romans, Britons, Picts, Scots, Angles, Vikings, Edward I, William Wallace, Robert the Bruce, Edward II, Oliver ...
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    17,30 €