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Vikings in America The Wall
Graeme Davis Alistair Moffat
When Columbus claimed to have Hadrian’s Wall is the largest, most
discovered America in 1492, and the spectacular and one of the most
Borgia Pope claimed it as a New enigmatic historical monuments in
World for Catholic Spain, the Vatican Britain. This book considers who built
started a 500 hundred year the Wall, how it was built, why it was
conspiracy to conceal the true story built and how it affected the native
of Viking America. In this peoples who lived in its mighty
groundbreaking new work the true shadow.
extent of the Viking discovery and
colonisation of the eastern seaboard
of America is fully examined, taking
into account the new
archaeological, linguistic and DNA
evidence which supplements the
historic account.
The Sea King The Tartan Airforce
Gary McKay Scotland and a Century of
Military Aviation 1907-2007
As the rogue captain of the last Deborah Lake
Confederate commerce raider, the
Shenandoah, James Waddell was a This book investigates Scotland’s
huge thorn in the side of the post- contribution to military flying in
Civil War administration who single- Britain. Throughout the past 100
handedly destroyed the US whaling years, Scottish aviators have led the
fleet and finally surrendered after a way in both peace and war, with
22,000-mile journey at Liverpool. This Scotland providing the airfields for
title presents the story of the some of the most famous operations
Shenandoah. in British aviation history, including
those against Tirpitz during World
War Two.
The Scottish Golf Guide A Croft in the Hills
David Hamilton Katharine Stewart
A new and expanded edition of this A real classic among Highland books,
popular guide gives helpful A Croft in the Hills captures, in
information and advice about all simple, moving descriptions, what it
aspects of play in the home of golf was really like trying to make a living
as well as offering fascinating lists, out of a hill croft fifty years ago.
details of extraordinary and A couple and their young daughter,
dramatic golfing feats, quirky facts fresh from city life, immerse
and much more. themselves in the practicalities of
looking after sheep, cattle and hens,
mending fences, baking bread and
surviving the worst that Scottish
winters can throw at them.
Arbiter of Elegance
A Biography of Robert Adam
Roderick Graham
No one contributed more to the
artistic eminence of the ‘Age of
Elegance’ than Robert Adam (1728-
92), the pre-eminent architect of his
day whose expertise and
imagination extended also to interior
design, furniture and garden design.
vast, unearthly mystery. His legacy has echoed through
design ever since, his name
synonymous with elegance, the
Enlightenment, and of the best
features of the eighteenth century.
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The Secrets of Rosslyn
Roddy Martine
Ever since its creation in the mid 15th
century, Rosslyn Chapel has cast a
mesmerising spell over all who have
visited it. Nestling in an exquisite
glen barely seven miles from the
centre of Edinburgh, it exudes an
extraordinary atmosphere, serene yet
charged, as if it holds the secret of
some
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