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Songs of the Hebrides
Author | : Marjory Kennedy-Fraser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Folk music |
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Blood of the Isles
Author | : Bryan Sykes |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2011-02-28 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1446438805 |
Bryan Sykes, the world's first genetic archaeologist, takes us on a journey around the family tree of Britain and Ireland, to reveal how our tribal history still colours the country today. In 54BC Julius Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of Britain. His was the first detailed account of the Celtic tribes that inhabited the Isles. But where had they come from and how long had they been there? When the Romans eventually left five hundred years later, they were succeeded by invasions of Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans. Did these successive invasions obliterate the genetic legacy of the Celts, or have very little effect? After two decades tracing the genetic origins of peoples from all over the world, Bryan Sykes has now turned the spotlight on his own back yard. In a major research programme, the first of its kind, he set out to test the DNA of over 10,000 volunteers from across Britain and Ireland with the specific aim of answering this very question: what is our modern genetic make-up and what does it tell us of our tribal past? Are the modern people of the Isles a delicious genetic cocktail? Or did the invaders keep mostly to themselves forming separate genetic layers within the Isles? As his findings came in, Bryan Sykes discovered that the genetic evidence revealed often very different stories to the conventional accounts coming from history and archaeology. Blood of the Isles reveals the nature of our genetic make-up as never before and what this says about our attitudes to ourselves, each other, and to our past. It is a gripping story that will fascinate and surprise with its conclusions.
The Road to the Isles
Author | : Esq. Allen MacDuffie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 39 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Inner Hebrides (Scotland) |
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The Road to the Isles
Author | : L. M. H. Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Lochaber and the Road to the Isles
Author | : |
Publisher | : R. Stenlake Pub. |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1996-01-01 |
Genre | : Lochaber (Scotland) |
ISBN | : 9781872074696 |
After a long absence, Lochaber and the Road to the Isles is once again available. Featured in the book are old photographs of Fort William, Ben Nevis, Kinlochleven, Glencoe, Ardnamurchan, Acharacle, Kilchoan, Kinlochiel, Glenfinnan, Arisaig, Mallaig.
The Story of Britain
Author | : Roy Strong |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 2018-06-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1474607071 |
'A triumph' INDEPENDENT 'A thought-provoking and indispensable book' DAILY MAIL 'An instant classic ... I have been reading it with unalloyed admiration and delight' EVENING STANDARD Roy Strong has written an exemplary introduction to the history of Britain, as first designated by the Romans. It is a brilliant and balanced account of successive ages bound together by a compelling narrative which answers the questions: 'Where do we come from?' and 'Where are we going?' Beginning with the earliest recorded Celtic times, and ending with the present day of Brexit Britain, it is a remarkable achievement. With his passion, enthusiasm and wide-ranging knowledge, he is the ideal narrator. His book should be read by anyone, anywhere, who cares about Britain's national past, national identity and national prospects.
The Happy Isles of Oceania
Author | : Paul Theroux |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 731 |
Release | : 2006-12-08 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0547525184 |
The author of The Great Railway Bazaar explores the South Pacific by kayak: “This exhilarating epic ranks with [his] best travel books” (Publishers Weekly). In one of his most exotic and adventuresome journeys, travel writer Paul Theroux embarks on an eighteen-month tour of the South Pacific, exploring fifty-one islands by collapsible kayak. Beginning in New Zealand's rain forests and ultimately coming to shore thousands of miles away in Hawaii, Theroux paddles alone over isolated atolls, through dirty harbors and shark-filled waters, and along treacherous coastlines. Along the way, Theroux meets the king of Tonga, encounters street gangs in Auckland, and investigates a cargo cult in Vanuatu. From Australia to Tahiti, Fiji, Easter Island, and beyond, this exhilarating tropical epic is full of disarming observations and high adventure.
Road to the Isles
Author | : Derek Cooper |
Publisher | : Chambers |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1991-04 |
Genre | : Hebrides (Scotland) |
ISBN | : 9780550225313 |