Set in Scotland in the 1860s, ‘The Observations’ by Jane Harris tells the story of Bessy Buckley, a feisty Irish girl who is taken on as a maid at Castle Haivers by Arabella Reid. Bessy has a number of secrets and is keen that her shady past doesn’t catch up with her. But it...
In this brilliant social history, Jeremy Paxman tells the story of coal mining in England, Scotland and Wales from Roman times, through the birth of steam power to war, nationalisation, pea-souper smogs, industrial strife and the picket lines of the miners’ strike. 25 19.99The Passenger...
My Thoughts:This is the sixth book in McDermid's Karen Pirie series set in Scotland, and I love it. Karen runs Police Scotland's cold case squad, and she simply will not give up until she finds the truth-- even if it costs her her job. ...
Set in AD 37 in Ancient Rome, the author uses historical facts to create a sense of time, the politics and the people that were of influence at the time. Ancient Rome is not a place for those in line to the throne to be, brothers killed, parents poisoned and people exiled are quite ...
Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-170... DG Wing,JJ Morrison,C Nelson,... - Index Committee of the Modern Language Association of America, 被引量: 6发表: 1972年 Short-ti...
Book Summary: In Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander, Claire Randall, a World War II nurse, inadvertently travels through time from 1945 to 1743 in Scotland. Amidst war, clan conflicts, and a tumultuous love triangle, Claire becomes torn between her husband from the future and a gallant Scottish warr...
A trio of courageous brothers face danger and love in sixteenth-century Scotland in these three enthralling romances from a USA Today – bestselling author. The men of the Maclean Clan are fierce warriors. From the battle of Flodden Field to the waters off the Spanish Coast, they fight to ...
“Espace”, which set in Didot Regular is equally a typographic and poetic .Espacehas a monumentality to it that encourages imagining it at a larger scale in different material; for example, a sculpture of cut steel painted black, installed along a seaside strand and backlit at night. In ...
Illustrated with wood engravings by John Lawrence. Set in ‘Monotype’ Plantin, printed by Cambridge University Press on Caxton Wove Paper. New York: Folio Society, 2005. So a year passed. Another visit to “Turn the Page” was made. And as I was leaving, lo, a sign and small display ...
Soon after his return, Stevenson, accompanied by his wife and his stepson, Lloyd Osbourne, went, on medical advice (he hadtuberculosis), toDavos, Switzerland. The family left there in April 1881 and spent the summer in Pitlochry and then inBraemar,Scotland. There, in spite of bouts of illn...