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Wallace Book, The    Wallace Book, The
ISBN:9780859766524
Category: Autobiography/Biography, Scottish History
Author: (Editor) Edward J. Cowan
Publication Date: February 2007
Format: PB
Price: £20.00
Stock Status: in stock

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A team of leading historians and critics from both Scotland and England investigate what is known of medieval warrior William Wallace's career from contemporary sources, most of which, unusually for a national hero, were created by his enemies.

        
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Wars of the Bruces, The    Wars of the Bruces, The
ISBN:9780859766531
Category: History
Author: Colm McNamee
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
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Biographies have appeared of the various leading personalities involved, but this is the first systematic study to link up the various theatres of war and to discuss the effects of the Bruce Wars

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Warshipbuilding on the Clyde    Warshipbuilding on the Clyde
ISBN:9780859765305
Category: Local History, Shipbuilding
Author: Hugh Peebles
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £12.99
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After the First World War, upwards of 40 of the Clyde's total output of ships was produced in the warship yards.


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Water Power in Scotland 1550-1870    Water Power in Scotland 1550-1870
ISBN:9781904607281
Category: Agriculture And Farming, Social History, History
Author: John Shaw
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £30.00
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This important and comprehensive study provides an in-depth understanding of how water power was used in Scotland from the sixteenth to the late nineteenth century.


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Water is Best    Water is Best
ISBN:9780859766579
Category: Scottish History
Author: Alastair Durie
Publication Date: June 2006
Format: PB
Price: £20.00
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This study examines the enthusiasts and practioners who ran the hydros, the personnel and patients, the visitors and the guests, and looks at why the Scottish hydros were so successful whereas the

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West Highland Railway    West Highland Railway
ISBN:9780859766241
Category: Railways
Author: John McGregor
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £25.00
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Centred on the West Highland Railway, which opened to Fort William in 1894 and to Mallaig in 1901, this book describes the late nineteenth century ‘railway mania’ in the Highlands – and its immed

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When Piping Was Strong    When Piping Was Strong
ISBN:9781904607526
Category: Music, Cultural Studies
Author: Joshua Dickson
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £25.00
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When Piping was Strong provides an unprecedented history of Gaelic Scotland’s most resilient of musical treasures: the piping tradition of the southern Outer Hebrides.


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William Dunbar, 'The Nobill Poyet'    William Dunbar, 'The Nobill Poyet'
ISBN:9781862321960
Category: Essays, Autobiography/Biography
Author: (Editor) Sally Mapstone
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £20.00
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The publication of Priscilla Bawcutt's complete edition of The Poems of William Dunbar provides the opportunity for a critical stocktaking on Dunbar studies and the chance to map out areas in which more extensive enquiry should be undertaken.


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