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The Small Isles: Canna, Rum, Eigg and Muck (Paperback)

by Denis Rixson (Author)

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd; 1st ed. edition (14 Sep 2001)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1841581542
ISBN-13: 978-1841581545
Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 1.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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A collective history of the little group of islands between Ardnamurchan and Skye. Denis Rixson provides an analysis of Highland history from a reassessment of early Christianity in the islands through a discussion of the islands as the heartland of the Macrari estates in the medieval period.

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Denis Rixson says he doesn't want this book to compete with the existing histories of the individual islands, but it's hard to say just what he does want it to do. He's obviously uneasily aware that this ground has already been swept clean, particularly by J.L. Campbell's excellent history of Canna.

The Small Isles have only become a distinct entity in recent times, so there's little to be gained by a unified history. But whatever could have been gained, isn't, because there's no attempt here to form a narrative - it's just a scrapbook of source material. And though there is definitely scope for someone to address the issue of the islands' future, he doesn't really do that either; merely hinting darkly that they are a waste of taxpayers' money.

You can only hope no public funds went towards producing this volume. Quite simply, it is superfluous.

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