This is an updated version of the very
successful 1986 edition in which the Scottish
poet George Bruce and writer and historian Paul
Scott compiled a selection of Scottish letters
covering eight centuries and involving many of
the great historical, literary and political figures
in Scotland’s past. William Wallace, Mary Queen
of Scots, David Hume, John Knox, James Boswell,
Robert Burns, David Livingstone,Thomas Carlyle,
Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ramsay
MacDonald, and Hugh MacDiarmid are among
the I 50 famous Scots, nearly 350 letters in all.
Together they illuminate Scotland’s history in a
very direct and entertaining way. The editors
have added a number of letters from the last
decade.
George Bruce, one of the greatest poets of
the 20th century, was the winner of the Saltire
Book of the Year award in 1999 for his collection,
Pursuit.
Paul Henderson Scott, an authority on
Scottish literary culture, has written or edited
many books on the subject including Scotland: A
Concise Cultural History.
INCLUDING:
BURNS, CARLYLE, MITCHISON, STEVENSON, HOGG, SOUTAR, BOSWELL, MACDIARMID, RAMSAY, GARIOCH, BELL, LIVINGSTONE, BYRON, SCOTT, SLESSOR, MUIR, GUNN, GIBBON, HUME
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