Roots of Stone - The Story of Those Who Came Before

Informationen zum Autor Hugh Allison was born in Lochaber in 1960 and has worked in the tourism industry and for the Highland Council. Following a period working in the US in 2000! he is now employed by The National Trust for Scotland. Married with two children! Hugh currently lives in Nairn. Klappentext In this spellbinding exploration of Scottish identity! Roots of Stone fuses history and memoir! weaving a passionate tapestry out of the story of Scotland's past and the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people! blending two thousand years of history with a true family story. "From the Trade Paperback edition." Zusammenfassung Roots of Stone is a passionate tapestry! weaving the story of Scotland with the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people. This is an exploration of the Scottish identity through actual tales of the author's forebears - tales drawn from royal bloodline and from crofting hearth! tales of high drama and of quiet everyday satisfactions.

Product details

• Authors: Hugh G. Allison
• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.2004
• EAN: 9781840188332
• ISBN: 978-1-84018-833-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous