Did you know that a Scot landed in America a century before Columbus? Or that Scotland had electric lighting 70 years before Edison patented the light bulb? Probably not, because Scotland has two histories. The image of the Scots as whisky-drinking, tartan-sporting, tight-fisted kilt wearers is famous throughout the world. The image is manufactured. Yet Scotland's reputation for producing inventors, thinkers, and explorers—people who have changed the course of world history—is nowhere near as prevalent. The scale of Scottish influence has truly been underestimated. This book looks at the things Scots are famous for—and shouldn't be, and the things they aren't famous for—and should be. Jan-Andrew Henderson is the author of The Town Below the Ground: Edinburgh¹s Legendary Underground City.
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Did you know that a Scot landed in America a century before Columbus? Or that Scotland had electric lighting 70 years before Edison patented the light bulb? Probably not, because Scotland has two histories. The image of the Scots as whisky-drinking, tartan-sporting, tight-fisted kilt wearers is famous throughout the world. The image is manufactured. Yet Scotland¹s reputation for producing inventors, thinkers, and explorers ‹ people who have changed the course of world history ‹ is nowhere near as prevalent. The scale of Scottish influence has truly been underestimated. This book looks at the things Scots are famous for ‹ and shouldn¹t be, and the things they aren¹t famous for ‹ and should be. Jan-Andrew Henderson is the author of The Town Below the Ground: Edinburgh¹s Legendary Underground City.
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An excellent book that explodes some of the myths about Scotland. it features the things that Scots should rightly be famous for and aren't, and similarly the things that we are famous for and shouldn't be (including inventing the kilt!). The book takes us through a number of things, Macbeth, the kilt, tartan, Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Scottish enlightenment and a load of other stuff in short easy to read chapters that are pretty self-contained. You can easily read a whole chapter in a single sitting, even if you are a slow reader. The style is very engaging and I finished this book faster than I would normally have done because I alwasy wanted to read one more chapter before I put it down. Don't miss it.
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Robert the Bruce, Loch Ness, Henry Sinclair, Knights Templar, Walter Scott, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Charles Edward Stuart, William Wallace, Harry Lauder, High King, United States, Charles Stuart, Lord Murray, North America, World War, John Comyn, King Arthur, New World, Alex Campbell, Robert Burns, Adam Smith, James Bowman Lindsay, Preston Watson, Scottish Enlightenment, Antonio Zeno New!
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It has long been accepted that the legendary King Arthur is based on a real historical character. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Robert the Bruce, Loch Ness, Henry Sinclair, Knights Templar, Walter Scott, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Charles Edward Stuart, William Wallace, Harry Lauder, High King, United States, Charles Stuart, Lord Murray, North America, World War, John Comyn, King Arthur, New World, Alex Campbell, Robert Burns, Adam Smith, James Bowman Lindsay, Preston Watson, Scottish Enlightenment, Antonio Zeno New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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