Tapestry of the boar.

Tranter, Nigel

ISBN 10: 034060106X / ISBN 13: 9780340601068

Edité par Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1993

A propos de cet article

346 pages G/G. Ex-library copy, overall good book in good dust jacket.

N° de réf. du vendeur 18961

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Tapestry of the boar.
• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton, London
• Date de parution: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 034060106X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780340601068
• Reliure: hard cover with dustjacket
• Édition: First edition.
• État de l'article: Satisfaisant
• État de la jaquette: Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • fiction

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Synopsis

During the late-12th century many parts of Scotland were menaced by wild boars, slayers of humans, as well as sheep and cattle. Young Hugh de Swinton is brought to the attention of Malcolm the Fourth, King of Scots, for his expertise in killing boars.

Présentation de l'éditeur

During the reign of Malcolm IV, King of the Scots, Hugh de Swinton and his fellow mosstroopers helped keep the rampaging Galloway rebels at bay.  But it was for his expertise in the killing of wild boars, as protector of the Swintons' sheep flocks, that young Hugh was brought to Malcolm's attention.
  But Malcolm was a pious man much concerned with the well-being of his people.  And he handpicked Hugh de Swinton to mastermind a very special project close to his heart:  to establish Scotland's first real hospital for the sick and poor, at Soutra in Lauderdale.

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