Scotland's Story: A New PerspectiveCollins, 1984 - 358 pagini Fighting endless hardship, at war with the English for the greater part of their history and, in their diversity, often warring amongst themselves, the Scottish people have given the world an enormous wealth of creativity and inventive genius out of all proportion to their numbers. This reveals the Scots as they are, and how they have become so: one of the smallest but most influential countries in the world. |
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... born in Ednam in 1700. He rejected his planned future in the Kirk and at the age of twenty - five took himself off to London . His poem ' Winter ' was published in 1726 , the first poem in English to take nature as its theme . ' Winter ...
... born in Ednam in 1700. He rejected his planned future in the Kirk and at the age of twenty - five took himself off to London . His poem ' Winter ' was published in 1726 , the first poem in English to take nature as its theme . ' Winter ...
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... born the son of a farmer near Dundee . He began his working life as a secretary in Baxters ' jute mills in Dundee and in 1870 was asked to visit the United States and report on investment possibilities . As a result the First Scottish ...
... born the son of a farmer near Dundee . He began his working life as a secretary in Baxters ' jute mills in Dundee and in 1870 was asked to visit the United States and report on investment possibilities . As a result the First Scottish ...
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... born in Cromarty in 1848 , financed and partially built street car systems for Toronto and Montreal . Alexander Graham Bell , born in Edinburgh in 1847 , emigrated to Canada and is remembered round the world as the inventor of the ...
... born in Cromarty in 1848 , financed and partially built street car systems for Toronto and Montreal . Alexander Graham Bell , born in Edinburgh in 1847 , emigrated to Canada and is remembered round the world as the inventor of the ...
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Acknowledgements | 8 |
Few and Far Between | 15 |
The Auld Enemy | 30 |
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