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  • Old Ways New Roads

    Travels in Scotland, 1720–1832

    Edited by John Bonehill, Anne Dulau-Beveridge, Nigel Leask ...
    In 1725 an extensive military road and bridge-building programme was implemented by the British crown that would transform 18th-century Scotland. Aimed at pacifying some of her more inaccessible regions and containing the Jacobite threat, General Wade's new roads were designed to replace 'the old ways' and 'tedious passages' through the mountains. Over the next few decades, the laying out of these ... Read more

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    by George Bradshaw ...
    A facsimile edition of Bradshaw's Handbook of 1863, the book that inspired the BBC television series 'Great British Railway Journeys'.When Michael Portillo began the series 'Great British Railway Journeys', a well-thumbed 150-year-old book shot back to fame. The original Bradshaw's guides had been well known to Victorian travellers and were produced when the British railway network was at its peak ... Read more

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  • Bradshaw's Railway Handbook Complete Edition, Volumes I-IV

    by George Bradshaw ...
    A superb guide to Britain's villages, towns and connecting railways, dating from 1866.'Hard to put down ... truthful and opinionated, often funny but never predictable ... the finest travelling companion.' – Michael Portillo on George Bradshaw.Unavailable for many years and much sought after, this classic guide book is now faithfully reissued for a new generation. Bradshaw's Railway Handbook was ... Read more

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  • Edinburgh Sights: a travel guide to the top 25 attractions in Edinburgh, Scotland (Mobi Sights)

    by MobileReference ...
    This illustrated Travel Guide is a part of the Mobi Sights series, our concise guides that only feature the most essential information on city attractions. This guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders, smartphones, and other mobile electronic devices. Inside you will find a locator map and a list of top attractions linked to individual articles. Addresses, telephones, hours of ... Read more

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  • The Debatable Land

    The Lost World Between Scotland and England

    by Graham Robb ...
    "[An] entertaining work of geographical sleuthing.…Surprises abound." —The New YorkerAn oft-overlooked region lies at the heart of British national history: the Debatable Land. The oldest detectable territorial division in Great Britain, the Debatable Land once served as a buffer between England and Scotland. It was once the bloodiest region in the country, fought over by Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

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  • I Never Knew That About Scotland

    by Christopher Winn ...
    The inspiration for the primetime ITV series on Great Britain, this is the ultimate journey around Scotland from bestselling author Christopher Winn. Travelling county by county, this irresistible miscellany unearths the enthralling stories, firsts, birthplaces, legends and inventions that shape the country's rich and majestic history. To uncover the spellbinding tales that lie hidden within ... Read more

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  • Castles and Tower Houses of the Scottish Clans 1450–1650

    by Stuart Reid ...
    Series Book 46 - Fortress
    With the exception of the key royal sites, such as Stirling and Edinburgh, few Scottish castles were located at strategic points, or were intended to house garrisons required to defend or subjugate towns.Instead they were primarily fortified dwelling houses, erected in an environment of weak Royal authority and endemic feuding between rival clans and groups, in both Highland and Lowland areas. ... Read more

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  • The Little Book of Scotland

    by Geoff Holder ...
    Series series Little Book Of
    Did you know?One of the biggest battles between the Scots and the English was fought in France.The success of his first book of poems saved Robert Burns from working on a slave plantation.Six craters on Mars are named after places in Scotland.The Little Book of Scotland is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information that no one will ... Read more

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  • National Trust Histories: The Lake District

    by Christopher Barringer ...
    The Lake District was, until the 19th century, a remote, neglected and inaccessible part of England. Before the arrival of good road and rail networks and tourism it had been home to successive generations of very tough people: prehistoric peasant farmers, small Roman garrisons, Norse and Saxon settlers, monastic tenants and, after the Dissolution of the monasteries, the doughty farming families ... Read more

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  • Andover's Norman Church 1080 — 1840: The Architecture and Development of Old St Mary, Andover, Hampshire, England

    by Martin Coppen ...
    ANDOVER'S NORMAN CHURCH was demolished in late 1840 to make way for the building of the present Victorian church of St Mary. Many have lamented the loss of the ancient building to the town, but until this time there has not been a complete survey of the surviving evidence for building and its development. By gathering and evaluating the variety of information available about the lost church, in ... Read more

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  • Black Markers

    Edinburgh's Dark History Told Through its Cemeteries

    by Jan-Andrew Henderson ...
    Edinburgh has a unique history, darker and more unexpected than you might imagine. Fortunately, it also has a set of graveyards to match. Ancient, modern, beautiful, haunted – they are the perfect reflection of the city’s amazing past with astonishing stories of their own. Greyfriars Graveyard alone was instrumental in the creation of Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • From an Antique Land

    Visual Representations of the Highlands and Islands 1700-1880

    by Anne MacLeod ...
    This book looks at visual images as an alternative and undervalued source of evidence for ideas about the Scottish Gaidhealtachd in the period 1700 - 1880. Illustrated with 100 plates, it brings together many little known and previously unrelated images. Addressing the textual bias inherent in Scottish historical studies, the book examines a broad range of maps, plans, paintings, drawings, ... Read more

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