Concise Historical Proofs Respecting the Gael of Alban: Or, Highlanders of Scotland, as descended of the Caledonian Picts - Couverture souple

Robertson, James A

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3337331645 ISBN 13 : 9783337331641

Editeur : Hansebooks, 2017

Synopsis

Concise Historical Proofs Respecting the Gael of Alban - Or, Highlanders of Scotland, as descended of the Caledonian Picts is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1865. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Author displa great ingenuity in seeking to establish these points ;at there is no more interesting portion of his book than thi touching on language, in which he shows the old Caledonia significance of local names even in the south, which existt long before an I rish-S cot, or Wanderer, entered on the sacre soil. From The Gentleman s Magazine. :T he Author has devoted a large amount of labour tinvestigate a subject of real historical interest. The reade will find a good deal of curious information about the High land Clans, their badges, war-cries, etc., which will repa the perusalj and the descriptions of the Illustrations (whicl are really very spirited), are well written. The whole worj is evidently a labour of love with its A uthor, and his earnest I ness on the subject leads to a strong prepossession in hi; favour. From the Elgin Courant. The period of Scottish history treated of by the A uthoi of this volume has been generally regarded as very obscure by our best historians, from the deficiency of trustworthy historical records. The Author endeavours to throw some light on that dark period. He seems to have laboured with great diligence in search of correct information from the earliest writers who have made mention of our native land Ofthe identity of the language of the Picts and present Highlanders we see no reason to be doubtful. In conclusion, we have to thank the Author for the research, and diligence, and great labour with which he has collected correct information regarding our forefathers and our native land from the most reliable sources. From the Glasgow Herald. A really valuable historical treatise. The book is one that will repay an attentive perusal, and that ought to be especially acceptable to the Highlanders. There can be no doubt that Colonel Robertson has made his case very strong, and has brought a very important question neare
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hansebooks
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3337331645
• ISBN 13: 9783337331641
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 422
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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