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Ancient Scotland
In the early decades of the first millennium AD, the outline of the land is recognizable straight away-the angular eastern coastline, the fretwork and crumbled fringe of sea lochs, headlands and islands on the west, that still form the familiar shape of Scotland today. For thousands of years, people have been living here. Though their far-off ancestors came as settlers after the Ice Age, these people by now are natives, aboriginals in a real sense.
What happens next to them and to Scotland is described in Ancient Scotland-from the coming of the Romans till Scotland's emergence in the eleventh century as a single kingdom and one of the first unified states in modern Europe.
Though shrouded in the mists of time, the people and events that shaped Scotland's ancient history are brought to life in Ancient Scotland. This is a book for anyone interested in how Scotland and Scottish people have evolved down the centuries.
What happens next to them and to Scotland is described in Ancient Scotland-from the coming of the Romans till Scotland's emergence in the eleventh century as a single kingdom and one of the first unified states in modern Europe.
Though shrouded in the mists of time, the people and events that shaped Scotland's ancient history are brought to life in Ancient Scotland. This is a book for anyone interested in how Scotland and Scottish people have evolved down the centuries.
- GenresScotland
191 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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David Ross
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David Sutherland Ross is a fully fledged member of that well-established species, the Scottish literary exile. Born in Oban, Argyll, he was removed at an early age to his ancestral county of Ross and Cromarty, where he grew up and went to school. Furnished with a little knowledge about all sorts of things thanks to a Scottish education, he migrated to London expecting to become a journalist, but became a publisher instead.
Having learned from blurb-writing how to represent a tangle of ill-assorted elements and random events as a unified whole, he realised he was eminently qualified to write the history of Scotland, and produced Scotland: History of a Nation. Nowadays, as chairman of a small Scottish-based publishing company, he combines publishing with writing and the compilation of anthologies, including Awa’ and Bile Yer Heid, a collection of Scottish insults and invective. Although he enjoys it all immensely, sometimes he wonders whether it isn’t too late to try something completely different, like utilising his ability to do water-divining; or perhaps opening a beach restaurant in Bali.
His favourite place in Scotland is the summit of Ben Venue; his favourite Scottish food, new-baked scones with raspberry jam; his favourite Scottish book, The Scottish National Dictionary, and his favourite Scottish phrase, “Just a sensation.”
David Sutherland Ross is a fully fledged member of that well-established species, the Scottish literary exile. Born in Oban, Argyll, he was removed at an early age to his ancestral county of Ross and Cromarty, where he grew up and went to school. Furnished with a little knowledge about all sorts of things thanks to a Scottish education, he migrated to London expecting to become a journalist, but became a publisher instead.
Having learned from blurb-writing how to represent a tangle of ill-assorted elements and random events as a unified whole, he realised he was eminently qualified to write the history of Scotland, and produced Scotland: History of a Nation. Nowadays, as chairman of a small Scottish-based publishing company, he combines publishing with writing and the compilation of anthologies, including Awa’ and Bile Yer Heid, a collection of Scottish insults and invective. Although he enjoys it all immensely, sometimes he wonders whether it isn’t too late to try something completely different, like utilising his ability to do water-divining; or perhaps opening a beach restaurant in Bali.
His favourite place in Scotland is the summit of Ben Venue; his favourite Scottish food, new-baked scones with raspberry jam; his favourite Scottish book, The Scottish National Dictionary, and his favourite Scottish phrase, “Just a sensation.”
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July 2, 2017
I am using this to research my new series about a warrior-druid in post-Roman Britain and finding it a really good read. My edition is a little pocket-sized hardback and it's a lovely little volume with plenty of interesting info inside. Of course, not a lot is known for certain about this period but Ross does a good job with what he has.
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