Highlanders - Couverture souple

Maclean, Fitzroy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1585679984 ISBN 13 : 9781585679980

Editeur : OVERLOOK PR, 2008

Synopsis

Highlanders Unmatched in its romantic resonance, Scotland's remote landscape offers tales of courage and savagery, of loyalty and treachery--legends set against a panorama of wild beauty. This illustrated celebration of the history of the Scottish Highlands and clans is also ties into a PBS documentary narrated by Sean Connery. Illustrations, 30 in color. Full description

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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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: OVERLOOK PR
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1585679984
• ISBN 13: 9781585679980
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 276
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible