Scottish Castles
Scottish Castles
A fantastic pocket-sized introduction to over 100 of Scotland’s incredible castles, with photographs to accompany each selection, that will leave you craving a road trip to visit their incredible histories, often interwoven!
Why Novel North Recommends
‘Scotland is an enticing country for so many reasons, not least because of its castles. In the last 3 years, my sister and I have been on 4 road trips from Dumfries and Galloway, to the Highlands and Aberdeenshire, visiting many castles, all with incredible histories and stories to discover and explore. I couldn’t recommend visiting Scottish castles enough - and this is a wonderful introduction for inspiration!’
Author : Chris Tabraham
Edition : Collins Little Books, Paperback, 224 pages
ISBN : 9780008251116
Published : 7th September 2017
Weight: 200g
Dimensions: 151 x 106 x 15mm
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From prehistoric Scotland to the Brexit referendum, this pocket-sized book covers all of the main events in Scottish history.
A concise and excellent guide to Scottish history and how Scotland has come to be what it is today.
Key events, people and places include:
• The Union of Crowns
• Bonnie Prince Charlie
• Battle of Bannockburn
• Culloden
• Burns’ Night
• Hogmanay
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Devolution
• Indy Ref 1 and 2
Beautifully produced, Collins Little Book of Scottish History is a treasure in itself and makes a perfect gift for any Scotland enthusiast.
Author : John Abernathy
Edition : Collins Little Books, Paperback, 224 pages
ISBN : 9780008251109
Published : 7th September 2017
Weight: 190g
Dimensions: 151 x 106 x 15mm
In An Island Odyssey Hamish Haswell-Smith casts off in his forty-one-foot sloop Jandara, armed with his sketch pad and a route map of a journey first taken by Martin Martin in 1703. Haswell-Smith sets sail on a voyage that will take him to fifty-two different islands around the Scottish Coast, from Ailsa Craig in the Firth of Clyde to St. Kilda, Fair Isle and Bass Rock.
Filled with natural history, local legend and landscapes and accompanied by the author's own distinctive sketches and watercolours An Island Odyssey is a delightful way to discover or rediscover the romance, beauty and inescapable magnetism of the Scottish Islands.
Author : Hamish Haswell-Smith
Edition : Canongate Books Ltd, Paperback, 175 pages
ISBN : 9781782111757
Published : 3rd April 2014
Weight: 791g
Dimensions: 260 x 246 x 14mm
A History of the Nation in Twenty-Five Buildings
Who Built Scotland is a fantastic book to inspire adventure across Scotland. Writers, including Alexander McCall Smith and Kathleen Jamie, travel to abandon islands and into the heart of cities across the nation bringing to life the story of Scotland.
Author : Various
Edition : Historic Environment Scotland, Paperback, 336 pages
ISBN : 9781849172721
'Most works of mountain literature are written by men, and most of them focus on the goal of the summit. Nan Shepherd's aimless, sensual exploration of the Cairngorms is bracingly different.' - Robert Macfarlane
In this masterpiece of nature writing, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others.
Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape. Shepherd spent a lifetime in search of the 'essential nature' of the Cairngorms; her quest led her to write this classic meditation on the magnificence of mountains, and on our imaginative relationship with the wild world around us.
Composed during the Second World War, the manuscript of The Living Mountain lay untouched for more than thirty years before it was finally published.
Why Novel North Recommends
‘An inspiration to engage with the majesty and intricacies of the natural world. Nan Shepherd’s writing is evocative and observed, taking us with her to peaks, inlets and glass like surfaces. It’s a nourishing read, capturing the vibrancy of seasons, even in the seemingly dreariest of moments. An invitation to pause.’
Author : Nan Shepherd
Edition : Canongate, Paperback, 114 pages
ISBN : 9780857861832