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Scottish Quotations

David Ross

This collection spans the entire gamut of a nation's recorded thought and experience from Roman Scotland to the present day.

The Scots have always had a reputation for clarity of thought and also for the vigour with which it is put into words.

This collection spans the entire gamut of a nation's recorded thought and experience from Roman Scotland to the present day. It covers a vast range of subject matter and demonstrates a remarkable variety of moods and tones, from the literary to the colloquial and bawdy. Packed with sharp observation and humour, it sounds other notes too. Meditative, triumphant, tragic, accusing, tender - and often hilarious - it reveals the spirit of Scotland in a truly unique way.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Birlinn
  • Publish Date: Jul 2nd, 2024
  • Pages: 160
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 6.93in - 4.25in - 0.63in - 0.22lb
  • EAN: 9781780278483
  • Categories: QuotationsEurope - Great Britain - ScotlandSocial History

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About the Author

Ross, David: - David Ross has written numerous books on aspects of Scottish history and culture, some serious and some less so. His most recent isThe Killing Time, a study of Scotland between the Covenant of 1638 and the Union of 1707. Scottish humour is a particular interest, and he is compiler and editor of the best-selling Awa' an' Bile Yer Heid, an anthology of choice Scottish insults. He is currently working on anthology of Scottish humour from its earliest appearances to the present day.

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