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- Publisher: HarperCollins (2 Aug 1999)
- ISBN-10: 0006380913
- ISBN-13: 978-0006380917
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,645,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Some 3500 entries, totalling 750,000 words written by John and Julia Keay and nearly 150 expert contributors (including public figures such as Lord Home, David Steel and Fitzroy MacLean and a host of academics), describe all the main topographical, historical, social, architectural and industrial features of Scotland from A-Z. In addition, the book includes biographical entries on eminent Scots men and women of the past.
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A mine of information, an inexhaustible source of enlightenment and an irresistibly readable guide to all thing Scottish, the 'Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland' contains almost a million words, four thousand separate entries and nearly five hundred illustrations.
The encyclopaedia covers every aspect of Scotland's past, her people, arts, industries, environment and continuing traditions. Here, for example, in the thirty odd entries between 'crannogs' and 'cudbear', lurk the ambivalent Scottish 'crossbill', Glasgow Boy 'Joseph Crawhall', Dr Finlay's 'A J Cronin, Crathes' and 'Crookston' Castles, 'Crieff' and 'Crawford', 'Creetown', 'Crianlarich' and 'Cromarty', not to mention 'James' ('the Admirable') 'Crichton', the battle on the Haughs of 'Cromdale' and a brief history of 'crofting'.
As a comprehensive gazetteer of Scottish topography (from 'Muckle Flugga' to the Mull of 'Galloway'), and as a dictionary of Scottish biography (from 'Aaron Scotus' to the Marquisate of 'Zetland'), the first ever encyclopaedia of Scotland distills the heritage of a nation. There are entries on individual architects, artists, botanists, Covenanters, educationalists, engineers, explorers, inventors, Jacobites, kings and queens, missionaries, poets, scientists, soldiers, sportsmen, surgeons, saints and sinners: while topics such as 'agriculture', 'fishing', 'football', 'golf', 'heraldry', the 'law', 'shipbuilding' and 'whisky' are examined in detail. 'Clans', castles, regiments and antiquities no less than political protests, religious disputes, sport and aesthetic movements are treated authoritatively and incisively by an experienced editorial partnership and over a hundred specialist contributors.
Matching accessibility with scholarship, the 'Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland' should become a standard source for Scottish nationals, for Scots worldwide, and for anyone with an interest in Scotland.
"A landmark literary achievement"
JACK MATHIESON, 'Edinburgh Evening News'
"Extraordinary … serious research and a grand historical sweep that leaves one slightly stunned"
MAGNUS LINKLATER, 'The Times'
"For millions of Scots worldwide, this is a treasure trove"
PETER MCKAY, 'Mail on Sunday'
"The scholarship is immaculate"
LUDOVIC KENNEDY, 'Daily Telegraph'
"A welcome, valuable and fascinating book"
OLGA WOJTAS, 'Times Higher Education Supplement'
"Excellent… It will quickly establish itself as one of the few reference books which can truly be described as indispensable"
GLASGOW HERALD
"An awesome achievement… Ask for the Keays next time you need to know anything about Scotland"
DEAN TAYLOR, 'Scotland on Sunday'
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came as described and was well packaged. Arrived promptly and have no problems with it at all.
It was a good price for the massive book of knowledge that it is.
It was a good price for the massive book of knowledge that it is.
Format:Hardcover
Very useful book to have to hand for odd bits of info as well as more detailed, specific information. This is a 1994 edition and it would be interesting to see a newer edition at some point, but it is a massive tome, probably very expensive to produce so not something to buy unless you really wanted and would use it.
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