'There are so many books about the wondrous beauty of Scotland's mountains, rivers, forests and lochs. But I was engrossed from the offset by high-quality photography, accompanied by serious but accessible historical and archaeological prose . . . This is a book you're really going to want on your coffee table.'
The Bookseller
`Epic . . . [The] ... Read morestory is told in many different ways. It is told in the peat banks which cut through the moor like trench systems from the Western Front. It is told in corrugations of lazybeds and the hillsides. It is told in the curl of houses facing boats around the shore of Loch Hourn at Arnisdale. It is found in the extraordinary complex of high stone enclosures at An Lag on Hirta. It is found in the remnants of straight stone walls which fan out from such townships as Barvas and Carloway in Lewis.'
Roger Hutchinson
West Highland Free Press
'Some books are simply enjoyable. Others are a joy. A History of Scotland's Landscapes is both. There's something about a large, beautifully-produced and magnificently-illustrated book that brings out the inner five-year-old in all of us: the sense of wow as you first open the book and leaf through, simply soaking in the pictures and the scale of the authors' achievement . . . An outstanding book likely to be of immense value to anyone who takes an interest in the landscapes we see around us in Scotland.'
Undiscovered Scotland
'no Scottish coffee table is complete without this beautifully presented book . . . an enjoyable, colourful read.'
Scottish Field
'This interesting and informative history will be treasured . . . I look forward to approaching future walks with a renewed understanding of the forces that shaped our towns and countryside, and the people who lived and worked here before us.'
The Herald
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