An Interesting Book.

[James]

For those interested in the relationship between the Scots and the English-what about:-

THE THISTLE AND THE ROSE: SIX CENTURIES OF LOVE AND HATE BETWEEN THE SCOTS AND THE ENGLISH.

By: Allan Massie.

Published: John Murray.

An interesting point being that before the Act of Union-'the garb of the bare legged highlander would have been regarded by nine Scotchmen out of ten as the dress of a thief'.

How things change?

In any event it's a book that will clear up a few misconceptions.

James

[Graham]

sounds an interesting book! I shall try to see if I can get it.

[Robert Lamb]

Graham
And anyone else who would like this book.
go to this web site: Alibris.com
Just enter the title above and there are 10 copys avaible.

Robert "the kilted" Lamb

[David Thornton]

Amazon has it for $26.84, or $26.14 on the Canadian site. Not normally a fan, but that's the cheapest listed price for this book.
David

[macwilkin]

Don't forget your local public or college library! :mrgeen: If they don't have it, they may be able to get it for you via interlibrary loan!

As a librarian, I would be remiss if I didn't put a plug in for my "bread and butter"! ;)

Cheers,

Todd

[Archangel]

Thanks for the info, I'll check it out.

I don't know if this has ever been posted but a really handy book for Scottish history is a light book called Scotland for beginners by Jeff Fallow. It uses almost a graphic format to present the history. It has an index, chronology, geneology and famous Scots sections. It should not be seen as a definitive book but I find it very handy to locate points in history from which I can then go to heavier tomes for details.

Could there be any value to the idea of book list attached to this site? It could be broken up into history, fiction, and reference with short reviews from us, having actually read the book, giving recommendations and cautions. (...or a movie list?...stop, stop.)