Scotland: The Autobiography: 2,000 Years of Scottish History by Those Who Saw it Happen (平装)
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品牌: Rosemary Goring
基本信息出版社:Penguin; 2Rev Ed (2008年5月29日)平装:512页正文语种:英语ISBN:0141027681条形码:9780141027685产品尺寸及重量:19.6 x 12.8 x 3.4 cm ; 341 gASIN:0141027681
商品描述内容简介A vivid, wide-ranging and engrossing account of Scotland's history, composed of eye-witness accounts by those who experienced it first-hand. Contributors range from Tacitus, Mary Queen of Scots and Oliver Cromwell to Adam Smith, David Livingstone and Billy Connolly. These include key historic moments - ranging from Bannockburn and Flodden to the SNP parliamentary victory in 2007 - along with a vast array of wonderfully readable insights into the everyday life of Scotland through the millennia. This is living, accessible history told by crofters, criminals, servants, house-wives, poets, journalists, nurses, politicians, novelists, prisoners, comedians, sportsmen and many more.媒体推荐History caught on the hoof and the wing by those who were actually there - a brilliant selection and guide Andrew Marr A bravura feat in browsability, this captivating, timely and useful book will reward any amount of flipping and dipping ... full of moving, amusing and revealing detail ... What an exemplary reclaiming of Scotland's past, what a necessary and notable contribution to its future Scotland on Sunday Fascinating and very valuable ... This book should find a place in every Scottish home Scotsman
