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"This book is not exclusively a history book, a travel book, a political tract or another slice of autobiography, rather a blend of all four. Ludovic Kennedy writes about the aspects of Scotland that excite him and in particular Scotland's rather stormy relationship with England over the centuries. From the prehistoric settlement of Skara Brae on Orkney, Kennedy moves to a gripping retelling of the story of the '45 rebellion in which Bonnie Prince Charlie emerges as a less than heroic figure. Other highlights include Boswell's and Johnson's Highland jaunt and the adventures of the Stone of Destiny, its capture by Edward I and subsequent recapture from Westminster Abbey by Scottish patriots in 1950. Ludovic Kennedy illuminates both the famous and the less well-known people and incidents from Scottish history."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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I love the works and 'voice' of this other author (read his"Lovely People, On my Way to the Club")but in the words of Shakespeare, in this tome. 'methinks he does protest too much". As a son of a Royal Navy family, a Naval Officer and a Eton schoolboy and Oxford graduate it is hard to accept Sir Ludovic Kennedy's claim to be Scots (sorry, Scottish) particularly as he was brought up in England!
The book is almost a quarter written by Boswell and Johnson, and of course, is the stronger for that, as they tour Scotland, but the insistent jingoism of Kennedy for that 'balding rock with scarce covering' grates.
Oh well, if it is to be secession there are precedents after all - long may yer lum reek Bonny Scotland.