A Short History of Scotland by Andrew Lang - 2009-02-11

MP3 Audio CD. 14.99 by Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912

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Soft-cover book 2009 edition "A Short History of Scotland" by Andrew Lang and published by Merchant Books and Digitalized by Watchmaker Publishing. 214pp. Very Good condition with faint creases to the front cover although a clean and tightly bound copy.

IDB Productions, 2016-01-01. MP3 CD. New. This item is a brand new factory sealed MP3 disc supplied in a DVD case

MP3 Audio CD. Even though Scotland is part of the United Kingdom today, its history was far removed from that of England, in some ways setting the two countries even farther apart than the differences between the United States and England. Through his eloquent and comprehensive book, Andrew Lang sheds light on the subject, presenting a detailed and easy to understand history of Scotland that you will also find to be highly thought-provoking and entertaining.Poet, novelist and skilled anthropologist, Andrew Lang was a respected Scottish scholar best known for his passion to collect folk and fairy tales. Lang also wrote a few extremely well-documented historical books, and even became a reputable historian whose works are still used as major research sources by authors and scholars today. Some of the most notable of his books on history are works of non-fiction such as The Mystery of Mary Stuart and John Knox and the Reformation, outlining Lang?s highly controversial views on John Knox.A Short History… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. A Short History of Scotland CHAPTER I. SCOTLAND AND THE ROMANS. If we could see in a magic mirror the country now called Scotland as it was when the Romans under Agricola (81 A.D.) crossed the Border, we should recognise little but the familiar hills and mountains. The rivers, in the plains, overflowed their present banks; dense forests of oak and pine, haunted by great red deer, elks, and boars, covered land that has long been arable. There were lakes and lagoons where for centuries there have been fields of corn. On the oldest sites of our towns were groups of huts made of clay and wattle, and dominated, perhaps, by the large stockaded house of the tribal prince. In the lochs, natural islands, or artificial islets made of piles (crannogs), afforded standing-ground and protection to villages, if indeed these lake- dwellings are earlier in Scotland than the age of war that followed the withdrawal of the Romans. The natives were far beyond the savage stage of culture. They lived in an… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Even though Scotland is part of the United Kingdom today, its history was far removed from that of England, in some ways setting the two countries even farther apart than the differences between the United States and England. Through his eloquent and comprehensive book, Andrew Lang sheds light on the subject, presenting a detailed and easy to understand history of Scotland that you will also find to be highly thought-provoking and entertaining.Poet, novelist and skilled anthropologist, Andrew Lang was a respected Scottish scholar best known for his passion to collect folk and fairy tales. Lang also wrote a few extremely well-documented historical books, and even became a reputable historian whose works are still used as major research sources by authors and scholars today. Some of the most notable of his books on history are works of non-fiction such as The Mystery of Mary Stuart and John Knox and the Reformation, outlining Lang?s highly controversial views on John Knox.A Short History… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. A Short History of Scotland CHAPTER I. SCOTLAND AND THE ROMANS. If we could see in a magic mirror the country now called Scotland as it was when the Romans under Agricola (81 A.D.) crossed the Border, we should recognise little but the familiar hills and mountains. The rivers, in the plains, overflowed their present banks; dense forests of oak and pine, haunted by great red deer, elks, and boars, covered land that has long been arable. There were lakes and lagoons where for centuries there have been fields of corn. On the oldest sites of our towns were groups of huts made of clay and wattle, and dominated, perhaps, by the large stockaded house of the tribal prince. In the lochs, natural islands, or artificial islets made of piles (crannogs), afforded standing-ground and protection to villages, if indeed these lake- dwellings are earlier in Scotland than the age of war that followed the withdrawal of the Romans. The natives were far beyond the savage stage of culture. They lived in an… Read More

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Legare Street Press, 2022. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Used - Good. 1911. 316 pages. No dust jacket. Previous owners name plate on top corner of cover page. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and only slightly foxed. Boards are a little rub worn with some slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped and spine ends are a little crushed.