Highlanders: A History of the Scottish Clans - Couverture rigide

MacLean, Fitzroy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 067086644X ISBN 13 : 9780670866441

Editeur : Studio, 1995

Synopsis

276 pages. Photo en couleur en frontispice. Illustré de nombreuses photos en couleur et en noir et blanc, dans et hors texte. Très légères mouillures sur le bord supérieur des feuillets. Bon état Couv. convenable Intérieur acceptable In-4 Carré Relié Origins. Robert the Bruce and Bannockburn. Western Clans. Cans of the Central and Eastern Highlands. The Early Stuarts. Flodden. Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI...

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The highlands of Scotland and more especially the clans that inhabit them have a romantic resonance and mystery almost unparallelled elsewhere. Tales of unimaginable savagery acted out against a panorama of the wildest and most beautiful scenery, but also characters of great gentleness, loyalty and culture. On the 250th anniversary of the landing of Bonnie Prince Charlie on the Island of Eriskay with just seven men when he and a number of clans captured Scotland in a series of brilliant battles against other clans and sometimes members of the same family and all but wrested the British crown from his Hanoverian cousins, Fitzroy Maclean recounts the history of the Highland clans, the first major book to give a synoptic view. The book includes an illustrated appendix of clan names, their tartans lands, and principal branches. Malone Gill Productions (producers of Kenneth Clarke's civilisation, Alastair Cook's America, Hugh Johnson's Story of Wine) are producing a 1 1/2 hour TV documentary: 'Highlanders', narrated by Sean Connery and featuring Fitzroy Maclean extensively.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle MacLean (1911-1996), Baronet of Dunconnel, was a Scottish diplomat, adventurer, writer and politician. In Eastern Approaches, MacLean recounts his extraordinary adventures in Soviet Central Asia, and in the Western Desert, where he specialized in commando raids behind enemy lines.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Studio
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 067086644X
• ISBN 13: 9780670866441
• Reliure: Relié