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Before Scotland: The Story of Scotland Before History (Hardcover)

by Alistair Moffat (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson; First Edition edition (3 Jan 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 050005133X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0500051337
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.3 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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"'I enormously enjoyed Before Scotland. It manages to evoke a vision of the past and of landscape in a remarkable way. The approach moving backwards and forwards across time is absolutely right - there's a timelessness about people and landscape which is brought out quite brilliantly here. This deserves to be very, very, widely read' - Barry Cunliffe, Professor of European Archaeology at Oxford University"

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Before Scotland transforms prehistory into gripping narrative history, demonstrating that the history of the land that became Scotland is one of dramatic geological events and impressive human endeavour.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it! It's a belter!, 5 April 2005
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Moffat has written a superb book on Scottish Prehistory. Ranging from the end of the last ice age to 900AD, it explains and entertains in equal measure. Packed full of interesting information, this book is a masterly exposition of the continuity of culture across the millenia. If you are only going to buy/read one book on Celtic prehistory, make it this one! You won't be disappointed.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, 1 Oct 2009
This review is from: Before Scotland: The Story of Scotland Before History (Paperback)
Accessible, fascinating and very, very enjoyable. This is the book that I've been waiting for!
Highly recommended.
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful / direach sgoineal, 30 April 2008
By Crisdean "Crisdean" (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
This book accompanies the wonderful T.V series. It gives us an insight to our own prehistory - something that has up to recently been denied us or ridiculed as not been worth serious study - and not the give the information to the plebs! The t.v series was redone in Gaelic as Ro Alba. Personally, I preferred the Gaelic version - even though Moffat himself presented the English language version. Don't know particularly why preferred the Gaelic version - perhaps as it is our ancient past - felt more "connected" to the subject matter when done in Gaelic. It seemed to be more personal in a way. But having said that - both t.v versions were wonderful and the book allows us to go and follow up the information. If you have not had the chance to see the television programs - don't worry - the book will not be inaccessible for you; they complement each other - but can be viewed or read in isolation from each other. I just wish that they would bring out the t.v series on DVD.!

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