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Description for Curious Scotland
Paperback. The histories of nations are never as simple as their legends suggest. George Rosie has been driven by a powerful curiosity about the country he has lived in since he was an Edinburgh schoolboy fifty years ago. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelf wear, remains a nice copy
The histories of nations are never as simple as their legends suggest. George Rosie has been driven by a powerful curiosity about the country he has lived in since he was an Edinburgh schoolboy fifty years ago. This lively mindset has established him as one of Scotland's most inquiring writers and journalists, in print and on television. In Curious Scotland, he unearths and illuminates many neglected aspects of Scottish history in a rich collection of episodes that ranges from the Picts to the Indian tribes of North America. What became of the sons of Robert Burns? How did Scotland influence ... Read more
The histories of nations are never as simple as their legends suggest. George Rosie has been driven by a powerful curiosity about the country he has lived in since he was an Edinburgh schoolboy fifty years ago. This lively mindset has established him as one of Scotland's most inquiring writers and journalists, in print and on television. In Curious Scotland, he unearths and illuminates many neglected aspects of Scottish history in a rich collection of episodes that ranges from the Picts to the Indian tribes of North America. What became of the sons of Robert Burns? How did Scotland influence ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781862077881
SKU
KSG0020368
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About George Rosie
GEORGE ROSIE is a reporter, writer and broadcaster. Among his many credits, his documentary After Lockerbie won a BAFTA in 1998, and he has contributed to the Guardian, New Statesman, The Scotsman and The Herald, among others. He lives in Edinburgh.
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