Invention of Scotland. Myth and History, Paperback - Hugh Trevor-Roper

A characteristically robust and controversial account of Scotch myth and Scottish history by one of Britain's greatest historians.

Edited by Richard Davenport-Hines, these wartime journals of Hugh Trevor-Roper are an exciting archival find. They provide an unusual and privilege...

Unearths scholars with bizarre sexual fantasies, eunuchs, rare manuscripts and a malicious dowager Queen, and sets them all against the backdrop of...

A carefully chosen selection from the correspondence of Hugh Trevor-Roper, one of the most gifted and famous historians of his generation and one o...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Hugh Trevor-RoperIllustration(s): 11 bw illusNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 2...

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DescriptionTrevor Royle examines Scotland's role in the Second World War from a wide range of perspectives. The country's geographical position gav...

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Reducere. This major reference work, first published in 1946, is a fully documented, alphabetical listing of over 8, 000 Scottish family and personal names. ...

DescriptionOn the brink of the First World War, Scotland was regarded throughout the British Isles as 'the workshop of the Empire'. Not only were C...

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Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Robertson and James Crawford travel across the country to tell the story of the nati...

States that the Wild West of Hollywood and American folklore is nothing more than a functional myth. The author presents a sustained analysis of ho...

Reducere. I am caught up in a war between the demonic forces of Satan and the good forces of God. I have chosen to be on God's side. As a result of choosing ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Scotland, the Wars of Scottish Independence and William Wallace, then keep reading...Three capti...

In Who Built Scotland, the authors pick twenty-five buildings to tell the history of a nation. In vivid travelogues, they explore Scotland's social...

Never surpassed since its original publication, this is the essential companion to Scottish surnames, featuring over 8, 000 families.Publisher: Bir...

Reducere. DescriptionIf you want to discover the captivating history of Scotland, the Wars of Scottish Independence and William Wallace, then keep reading......

In this book author Michael Meighan examines the history of Scotland through its monuments and memorials.

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From Bannockburn and Robert the Bruce to the union of the crowns and Mary, Queen of Scots; from the Reformation and John Knox, to the Enlightenment...

Reducere. Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day—from the invention of writing, mathematics,...

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxAuthor(s): Silvia FerraraTranslator: Todd PortnowitzNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 216 x...

The Scottish soldier has been at war for over 2000 years. This illustrated pean to his rich heritage explores both the detail of battles and the cu...

This illuminating and insightful guide offers a comprehensive overview of Scottish history, from the kingdom's genesis in the ninth century to the ...

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DescriptionA historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Je...

A provocative account showing that "China"-and its 5, 000 years of unified history-is a national myth, created only a century ago with a political ...