Scottish History Without the Boring Bits

Informationen zum Autor Ian Crofton was born in Edinburgh and worked for Collins in Glasgow before moving to London, where he has been a freelance writer and editor for 25 years. Previous books include Brewer's Dictionary of Curious Titles; Brewer's Britain and Ireland (with John Ayto); Brewer's Cabinet of Curiosities, A Dictionary of Art Quotations, History without the Boring Bits; Science without the Boring Bits; A Dictionary of Scottish Quotations. Klappentext As an antidote to more sober accounts of Scotland's history, Ian Crofon offers a colourful chronology of the eccentric, the infamous, the bawdy, the horrific and the hilarious people and events that have spattered across the pages of our nation's story. Zusammenfassung As an antidote to more sober accounts of Scotland’s history, Ian Crofon offers a colourful chronology of the eccentric, the infamous, the bawdy, the horrific and the hilarious people and events that have spattered across the pages of our nation’s story.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Crofton
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781780276106
• ISBN: 978-1-78027-610-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book