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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... town , with a population of 40,000 . Rich and poor lived cheek by jowl in the crowded dirty tenements and closes of the High Street . Even the residences of nobles and wealthy lawyers were cramped . Smallpox , tuberculosis and rheumatic ...
... town , with a population of 40,000 . Rich and poor lived cheek by jowl in the crowded dirty tenements and closes of the High Street . Even the residences of nobles and wealthy lawyers were cramped . Smallpox , tuberculosis and rheumatic ...
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... Town on a grand scale . His was to be a town to equal London in elegance and stature . The street names , George Street , Frederick Street , Princes Street , Charlotte Square , purposely reflected the happy harmony that , thanks to the ...
... Town on a grand scale . His was to be a town to equal London in elegance and stature . The street names , George Street , Frederick Street , Princes Street , Charlotte Square , purposely reflected the happy harmony that , thanks to the ...
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... town was planned by John Baxter , mason to William Adam , when the building of an extension to Gordon Castle meant the destruction of the old village . New towns became an obsession . New Deer was the largest of four villages founded by ...
... town was planned by John Baxter , mason to William Adam , when the building of an extension to Gordon Castle meant the destruction of the old village . New towns became an obsession . New Deer was the largest of four villages founded by ...
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Acknowledgements | 8 |
Few and Far Between | 15 |
The Auld Enemy | 30 |
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Andrew Argyll army attempt Author battle became become began born Britain British brought building built called Castle century Charles chief Church claimed Company continued court Crown David death died Duke Earl Edinburgh Edward England English established Estates followed forced formed four France French gave George given Glasgow hands Highland House hundred important industry island Jacobite James John killed King kingdom Kirk Labour land later lived London Lord Lowland March Mary Minister nearly never Northumbria paid parliament Party passed political Prince produced Protestant Queen raised Reformation refused returned Robert Royal rule Scotland Scots Scottish sent ship SNPG society Stewart taken Thomas thousand took town trade troops Union University young
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