The tales printed in both Gaelic and English are of the highest quality and bear witness to one of the last great oral traditions in Europe
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West Highland Tales by Fitzroy MacLean
In the Highlands, the seannachie, or bard occupied an honoured place in the household of every clan chief. The stories they told, passed down over the centuries, retain their vivid sharpness to this day.
In this book, Fitzroy MacLean assumes the role of storyteller in a collection of favourite stories from his native land, ranging from the thousand year old Dierdre of the Sorrows to tales of warriors, treacherous love, ghosts and spirits.
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Clans and Chiefs by Ian Grimble
This account fo the clan among the Celtic peoples of Europe describes the origins of the clan system and how it was brought to Scotland.
It goes on to discuss the tense relationship between a remote government and a society resistant to change that led to the brutal destruction of a whole social structure.
This extraordinary story is told as a whole through the history of its largest clan groupings - Gordons, MacGregors, MacKenzies, Stewarts, MacDonalds and Campbells
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The Drove Roads of Scotland by A R B Haldane
One of the great classics of Scottish history, Haldane's work interweaves folklore, social comment and economic history in an account of Scotland's droving trade and the routes by which the cattle and sheep were brought from every corner of the land to markets in central Scotland.
This story of the roads takes the reader on a tour of Scottish history, from the lawless cattle driving by the reivers in the 16th and 17th century to the legitimate movement of stock which developed after the Union of the Crowns.
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Knoydart by Denis Rixson
Knoydart - the northern edge of the "Rough Bounds" - is one of the most evocative place-names in Scotland. This book tells the story of Knoydart from the Viking settlers through centuries of discontentment and large scale emigration, battles and land raids to the present day.
The author places recent events in their larger historical context by providing a moving account of a community's struggle to preserve itself against the harshness of the environment and the cynical exploitation of man.
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Highland Year by Lea MacNally
A critically acclaimed and fascinating account of the natural world in the Highlands - in particular the majestic red deer, renowned the world over as 'monarchs of the glen'.
Highland Year begins in November and ends in October, rutting time of the red deer. This edition is enhanced by the author's own prize-winning photgraphs. which provide rare portraits of red, roe and silka deer, golden eagles, foxes, badgers and wildcats in their natural habitats.
Over the months of one year we are given a fascinating insight into intricate patterns of life in the wild.
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