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Alistair Moffat
Fourteen centuries ago, Irish saints brought the Word of God to the Hebrides and Scotland’s Atlantic shore. In this book, Alistair Moffat journeys from the island of Eileach an Naoimh…
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Entertaining and provocative, this book from an expert on Scotland’s cultural heritage reveals the lost history of an ancient, proud nation.
A charming, lively and often amusing tour of 36 forgotten episodes and overlooked people and places of Scottish history.
Scotland's history is full of famous kings, queens, saints and warriors…
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In rich and telling detail, Alistair Moffat relates the remarkable story of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The north is being renewed, the land is coming alive once more…
Join Alistair Moffat in this concise and colourful account of Edinburgh, one of the UK's top tourist destinations with 4 million visitors annually. This book is published to celebrate the…
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A walking tour of the border region where England and Scotland meet by the award-winning writer, meditating on a complicated, storied relationship through history
'Full of character, combining proper research with a sure eye to what attracts and sustains an audience's attention' Scotland on Sunday
The story of the Highland clans is a gripping…
Now in paperback: A powerful, surprising exploration of Scotland’s landscape and its hidden history.
Acclaimed historian Alistair Moffat sets off in the footsteps of the Highland clans. In twelve journeys he explores places of conflict, recreating as he walks the tumult of battle.This is…
What is it that makes this exquisite part of Italy so seductive? Historian Alistair Moffat embarks on a journey into Tuscany's past,underlining both the area's regional uniqueness as well as…
A story of the border: a place of beginnings and endings, of differences and similarities. This is also the story of an ancient place; where hunter-gatherers penetrated into the virgin…
A walking tour of the border region where England and Scotland meet by the award-winning Scottish writer, meditating on the conflict and union of their relationship through history and in…
A pioneering look at early Scotland that transforms prehistory into gripping narrative.
This journey to Lindisfarne is a meditation on the power of place, from the historian and award-winning author of The Hidden Ways.
This journey through Lindisfarne is a meditation on the power of place, from the author of The Hidden Ways.
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Longlisted for The Highland Book Prize 2020
Fourteen centuries ago, Irish saints brought the Word of God to the Hebrides and Scotland’s Atlantic shore. These ‘white martyrs’ sought solitude, remoteness…
A personal investigation into the history that surrounds us, from the historian and award-winning author of The Hidden Ways.
The Night Before Morning is a gripping, page-turning thriller based on an alternative version of events at the end of the Second World War in the vein of Robert Harris…
A whirlwind tour of Scotland as it existed two thousand years ago. Moffat provides insight into old-Welsh speaking Celtic societies, defies the modern notion of geographical and linguistic constancy, and…
Only one period in history is immediately linked to the whole area of the Scottish and English Border country, and that is the time of the Reivers. Whenever anyone mentions…
Reveals the story of a fearless people, shaped by the traditions and landscape of the Scottish Highlands. In this book, the author traces the history of the clans from their…
From the Ice Age to the Scottish Referendum, historian and author Alistair Moffat explores the history of the Scottish nation. As well as focusing on key moments in the nation’s…
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Compression and Coding Algorithms describes in detail the coding mechanisms that are available for use in data compression systems. People undertaking research of software development in the areas of compression…
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A lavish, large format hardback featuring the artwork of The Great Tapestry of Scotland, an outstanding celebration of thousands of years of Scottish history.
