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Wisdom and Chivalry: Chaucer's Knight's Tale and Medieval Political Theory

Wisdom and Chivalry: Chaucer's Knight's Tale and Medieval Political Theory


Stephen H. Rigby



Wisdom and Chivalry: Chaucer's Knight's Tale and Medieval Political Theory...
A Sailor in the Sahara: The Life and Travels in Africa of Hugh Clapperton, Commander RN

A Sailor in the Sahara: The Life and Travels in Africa of Hugh Clapperton, Commander RN


Jamie Bruce Lockhart



Review "The portait of an extraordinary man, Lockhart’s biography is also a gripping true-life yarn and a fascinatin...
The Jacobite Wars

The Jacobite Wars


John L. Roberts



Review Drawing on contemporary sources and the work of later historians, Roberts sustains a clear and persuasive narrativ...
Knox: On Rebellion (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

Knox: On Rebellion (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)


John Knox



Review "Roger Mason has provided an excellent and useful edition of four of John Knox's 1558 tracts....In keeping with ea...
Top 10 Scotland (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides)

Top 10 Scotland (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides)


Dk Publishing



Top 10 Scotland (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides)...
Macbeth: The Cambridge Dover Wilson Shakespeare (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies)

Macbeth: The Cambridge Dover Wilson Shakespeare (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies)


William Shakespeare



Book Description John Dover Wilson's New Shakespeare, published between 1921 and 1966, became the classic Cambridge editi...
Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon: A 'Chronicle of the Time' (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies)

Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon: A 'Chronicle of the Time' (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies)


Robert E. Hunter



Book Description A detailed account of the Tercentenary celebrations of Shakespeare's birth held in Stratford-upon-Avon, ...
Characters of Shakespeare's Plays (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies)

Characters of Shakespeare's Plays (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies)


William Hazlitt



Book Description Hazlitt's lively, opinionated and, in his own time, highly controversial essays on each of Shakespeare's...
A Double Scotch: How Chivas Regal and The Glenlivet Became Global Icons

A Double Scotch: How Chivas Regal and The Glenlivet Became Global Icons


F. Paul Pacult



Review “…this book, like the whisky, never palls…one for the fans...” (Scots Magazine, Novemb...
England Through Colonial Eyes in Twentieth-Century Fiction

England Through Colonial Eyes in Twentieth-Century Fiction


Ann Blake, Leela Gandhi, Sue Thomas



Review The three authors are able to draw on their combined expertise to give a thoroughly rich, scholarly, and rewarding...
The Traffic in Obscenity from Byron to Beardsley: Sexuality & Exoticism in Nineteenth-Century Print Culture (Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture)

The Traffic in Obscenity from Byron to Beardsley: Sexuality & Exoticism in Nineteenth-Century Print Culture (Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture)


Colette Colligan



Review 'Colette Colligan's fascinating book...draws on material from all these collections, and is itself an important co...
Scotland's Story

Scotland's Story


H. E. Marshall



Review Praise for H E Marshall " A miniature masterpiece" Stephen Fry "Astonishingly accurate, quite brilliant!" David ...
Fergus: A Scottish Town By Birthright

Fergus: A Scottish Town By Birthright


Pat Mattaini Mestern



From the Inside Flap Fergus's founders, Lowland Scots Adam Fergusson and James Webster, gave all new streets Scottish nam...
A History of Clan Campbell: Volume 2: From Flodden to the Restoration

A History of Clan Campbell: Volume 2: From Flodden to the Restoration


Alastair Campbell



Review A valuable resource. (Darlene M. Hall Scotia ) About the Author Alastair Campbell of Airds was Chief Executive...
Medieval Scotland (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks)

Medieval Scotland (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks)


A. D. M. Barrell



Review "it would be difficult to find fault with the content of this textbook as a whole; Barrell has included the essent...
Scots in the Habsburg Service, 1618-1648 (History of Warfare, V. 21)

Scots in the Habsburg Service, 1618-1648 (History of Warfare, V. 21)


David Worthington



About the Author David Worthington, Ph.D. (2001) in History, University of Aberdeen, is currently teaching at the Univers...
Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior

Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior


Fergus Cannan



Review 'Cannan's text includes an enormous amount of fascinating detail ... The text is enriched by a wealth of photograp...
The Case for The Enlightenment: Scotland and Naples 1680-1760 (Ideas in Context)

The Case for The Enlightenment: Scotland and Naples 1680-1760 (Ideas in Context)


John Robertson



Review "...one of the most profound and illuminating studies in comparative historical analysis and political thought pub...
White People, Indians, and Highlanders: Tribal People and Colonial Encounters in Scotland and America

White People, Indians, and Highlanders: Tribal People and Colonial Encounters in Scotland and America


Colin G. Calloway



Review "Calloway's book makes for thought-provoking reading for all students and scholars interested in the cultural impa...
Education in Scotland: Policy and Practice from Pre-School to Secondary

Education in Scotland: Policy and Practice from Pre-School to Secondary


Margaret Clark



Review 'It is a well-organised book which is easy to consult on specific issues ... the book is of value to all wishing t...
Discovering The Scottish Revolution 1692-1746

Discovering The Scottish Revolution 1692-1746


Neil Davidson



Review "There is much to praise: nobodyy could wish for a clearer account of the parliamentary processes which attended t...
St. Magnus of Orkney (The Northern World)

St. Magnus of Orkney (The Northern World)


Antonsson, H.



About the Author Haki Antonsson, Ph.D. (2000) in Mediaeval History, University of St Andrews, is a Research Fellow in the...
Paradise, Death and Doomsday in Anglo-Saxon Literature (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)

Paradise, Death and Doomsday in Anglo-Saxon Literature (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)


Ananya Jahanara Kabir



Review "[Kabir's] methodology (literary analysis and source study) compels her to come to terms with the tensions between...
Regional Private Laws and Codification in Europe

Regional Private Laws and Codification in Europe


Antoni Vaquer, Hector L. Macqueen, Santiago Espiau Espiau



Book Description Regions within EU member states such as Scotland and Catalonia have their own legal systems: how will th...
Seasons on Harris: A Year in Scotland's Outer Hebrides

Seasons on Harris: A Year in Scotland's Outer Hebrides


David Yeadon



From Publishers Weekly Employing a similar formula to that of his last book, Seasons in Basilicata, Yeadon recounts the y...
Essays on David Hume, Medical Men and the Scottish Enlightenment (Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945)

Essays on David Hume, Medical Men and the Scottish Enlightenment (Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945)


Roger L. Emerson



About the Author Roger L. Emerson is Professor Emeritus at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. ...
Two Lives of Saint Cuthbert

Two Lives of Saint Cuthbert


Bede, Bertram Colgrave



Book Description These two complementary lives of Cuthbert illuminate both the secular history of the golden age of North...
Fashioning Masculinity: National Identity and Language in the Eighteenth Century

Fashioning Masculinity: National Identity and Language in the Eighteenth Century


Dr Michel Cohen



Review 'An important contribution to an expanding literature on prescriptive materials in the eighteenth century.' - Time...
Sport: A Wider Social Role?: Who's Keeping the Score?

Sport: A Wider Social Role?: Who's Keeping the Score?


Fred Coalter



About the Author Fred Coalter is Professor of Sports Policy at the University of Stirling. He was Director of the Centre f...
HEARTS OF OAK: The Human Tragedy of HMS Royal Oak

HEARTS OF OAK: The Human Tragedy of HMS Royal Oak


Dilip Sarkar



About the Author Dilip Sarkar is retired policeman and a deep wreck diver who has dived the German naval wrecks at Orkney...