In this book James Hunter tells the story of the Sutherland Clearances. His researches took him to archives in Scotland, England and Canada, to the now deserted straths of Sutherland, to the frozen shores of Hudson Bay. The result is a gripping, moving, definitive account of a people's struggle for survival in the face of tragedy and disaster.
New edition of this classic and pioneering account of what happened to the thousands of people who left Skye and the wider north of Scotland to make new lives across the sea. This is the story of the Highland impact on the New World.
When Scotland's 1846 potato crop was wiped out by blight, the country was plunged into crisis. The dramatic events that followed have long been ignored or forgotten. Now, in James Hunter, they have their historian. The story he tells is, by turns, moving, anger-making and inspiring.
A thrilling account of a near suicidal attack on the mighty Scharnhorst and other flying experiences.
A new edition of a classic book by one of Scotland's most eminent historians (originally published by Mainstream as Culloden and the Last Clansman), this is the tragic story of one of Scotland's most notorious murders and miscarriages of justice, which inspired Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped.
Why efforts to create a scientific basis of morality are doomed to fail
Elle qui prouvera sa valeur dans la chasse, la chasse o aucun sang ne sera vers, elle traversera les montagnes, elle respirera le vent du nord. Lorsque les dieux enverront leur messager, lorsque le sage oiseau lui rvlera sa destine... La vie de la princesse Shannon bascule le jour o une flche saxonne tue son frre qu'elle aimait tant. Alors qu'elle ne rve que de vengeance, ses parents l'envoient pour la protger dans un royaume voisin o elle doit pouser un prince inconnu. Shannon se sait pourtant voue une autre destine : elle sauvera l'honneur de sa famille, au pril de sa vie.
Set against the backdrop of a rare eclipse, the narrative explores the convergence of two distinct worlds. As the celestial event unfolds, characters from both realms are drawn together, leading to unexpected alliances and revelations. Themes of unity, transformation, and the power of nature intertwine as the protagonists navigate their intertwined destinies, revealing deeper truths about their existence and the bonds that connect them.
Princess Tania thinks she has finally found a way to unite the world of Faerie with the modern world, but her beloved Immortal Realm is threatened when a grave illness takes hold of the kingdom and she must find a way to save it
Far from the Realm of Faerie, a quest to save immortality . . . A deadly plague is sweeping through Faerie, and no one is immune to its touch. The realm has lost its safe cloak of immortality, and now Tania is determined to find a way to save her people. Under the guidance of the Dream Weaver, Tania, Rathina, and a mortal ally, Connor, head off to find the Divine Harper—the only one who can help them renew the Faerie Covenant of Immortality. When Tania's beloved, Edric, appears, it looks as if they have help at last . . . or do they? Their quest will take them outside the borders of Faerie, to hostile and unwelcoming lands, and the time will come when Tania must decide if she is prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice to save those she holds most dear.
