Top 10 books about the Scottish Highlands and Islands

Given by The Guardian

10 obres 8,021 Llibres 289 Ressenyes ½ 3.9
Remote yet magnetic, the rugged environments of Scotland’s north have been inspiring writing for centuries, whether in memoir, natural history or tales of alien hitchhikers...

“Wherever I mostra'n més wander, wherever I rove / The hills of the Highlands forever I love,” said Robert Burns, and I high-five him wholeheartedly.

I’ve been obsessed with the Scottish Highlands and Islands since first going there on a family holiday at the age of 10. Its remote, rugged landscape has pulled me back most years since, whether to stay in the remote Moor of Rannoch hotel – where the nearest village is 13 miles away – or camping in Glen Coe and Glen Nevis .

To me, it’s the most beautiful place on Earth, but to ignore its raw, forbidding nature would be wrong. It’s a real place, and real people live there. [...]

In fact and fiction, these books shine different lights on Scotland’s distant north.

Kerry Andrew – LT author page mostra'n menys
Year Awarded:
2018

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