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Here is a list of books and guides intended
to provide suggestions for informative and
pleasurable reading. It is offered in the conviction
that a considerable part of a trip's enjoyment
begins before leaving home. Your local library
and book store may have these and other books
of interest about Scotland.
Among those books to be recommended are the
following:
- A
Traveller’s
History of Scotland by
Andrew Fisher; Interlink Books, N. Y.,
2nd ed., 1994
- Mary
Queen of Scots by
Antonia Fraser
- Highland
Journey--a Sketching Tour of Scotland (retracing
the footsteps of the Victorian artist
John T. Read) by Mairi Hedderwick; Trafalgar
- An
Eye on the Hebrides: an Illustrated Journey by Mairi Hedderwick;
British Tourist Authority (US), Seven
Hills Books, distributors, 1990
- How
the Scots Invented the Modern World by Arthur Harmon; Three
Rivers Press, NY, 2001
- The
Claim of Crofting by James Hunter; Trafalgar, 1992
- Scottish
Highlanders--a People and their Place by James Hunter;
Trafalgar
- The
Highlands by
Calum I. Maclean; Trafalgar, 1992
- A
Concise History of Scotland by
Fitzroy Maclean; Thames & Hudson, 1993
- Macgregor’s
Scotland by Jimmie Macgregor; Series of
BBC TV books including Along
the Southern Upland Way, In
the Footsteps of Bonnie Prince Charlie and On the West Highland
Way
- Ring
of Bright Water by
Gavin Maxwell; Penguin Books
- A
Scottish Nature Diary by
Douglas Willis; St. Mut., 1989
- The
Story of Crofting in Scotland by
Douglas Willis; St. Mut.
- Scottish
Island Hopping, various contributors,
pub. Polygon (Edinburgh University Press
Ltd.), 1999
- Who
Owns Scotland Now?, Auslan
Cramb, pub. Mainstream Publishing, 1996
Guides
- Insight
Guides. Scotland ;
Houghton Mifflin, 3rd ed., 1995
- Michelin
Green Guide. Scotland ,
2nd ed., 1994
- Ordnance
Survey Leisure Guide. Scottish Highlands,
1993
- Pevensey
Island Guide to Lewis and Harris, photography
by Derek Croucher, pub. Pevensey Press,
1999
Fiction - History
- The
Duchess by Jude Deveraux; Pocket
Books, 1992
- Mary
Queen of Scotland and
the Isles by Margaret George,
1992
- Butcher’s
Broom by
Neil Miller Gunn, originally published
1934, reissued 1994; Walker & Co.
- The
Waverly Novels including
Rob
Roy by Sir Walter Scott
- The
Bruce Trilogy, Children
of the Mist and Columba
by Nigel Tranter; Trafalgar
Fiction - Mystery
- Death
of a Gossip, Death
of a Nag and other Hamish
Macbeth mysteries by M. C. Beaton
- The
Singing Sands by
Josephine Tey; MacMillan
Also recommended are books by Lillian Beckwith,
Christine Marion Fraser and Alfred Wainwright.
These are not easily located in the U. S. but
may be found in book-stores in Scotland including
at Glasgow Airport .
Note: This list was kindly compiled
by Marion Simplicio, a professional librarian,
whose delightful companionship we have all
enjoyed on our tours; with the most recent
recommendation thoughtfully provided by a tour
participant, Mr. James Taylor. |
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