A CONCISE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND

Fitzroy Maclean

Thames and Hudson, 1983. Trade Paperback. Estado de conservación: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Trade paperback in NEAR FINE Condition. 239 pages, with Index and List with Details of Illustrations. 7" x 9.25" tall. 2 Maps, 231 Illustrations throughout. Scotland has a 'rough and blood-stained' history and Sir Fitzroy Maclean has here provided an account of this history that is witty and scholarly. Pictures from authentic and contemporary sources illuminate this history--its romantic figures, and bloody battles,its politics, its religion--and provides a visual record of Scotland's art, craftsmanship and intellectual life. Cover illustration: Prince Charles and Highlanders entering Edinburgh after the Battle of Prestonpans, 1746. Painting by Thomas Duncan, 1840