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The illustrated portrait of the Border country
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Nigel Tranter |
221p.,[16]p. of plates : 24cm |
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Border riding
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Nigel Tranter |
Fiona travels down from the Hebrides to visit Ken at his home in the Scottish borderlands. Ken is excited about the upcoming Border Riding, a traditional ride on horseback around the borders in which… |
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Druid Sacrifice
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Nigel Tranter |
Thanea, Christian daughter to the pagan King Loth, survives being set to sea in an oarless coracle as a druid sacrifice, and is taken in by St. Serf as the only woman in his monastery. In due course,… |
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The Wallace
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Nigel Tranter |
William Wallace - a man of violent passions and unquenchable spirit, the natural leader of a proud race.
Scotland at the end of the 13th century was a blood-torn country suffering under the harsh do… |
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