Wednesday, 30 January 2013
HIGHLANDERS: A History of the Highland Clans
HIGHLANDERS: A History of the Highland Clans
FITZROY MACLEAN Book Number: 71487 Product format: Paperback
There are very few people who are not bowled over by the colourful history and the apparel of Scotland. Surely there can be no sexier outfit for a man than the kilt, long socks and jacket of the traditional costume, all in the complicated tartan weaves that have been worn for hundreds of years? Queen Victoria herself was mad about tartan, and decorated Balmoral Castle with a wealth of it. In this extraordinary and romantic account of the Highlanders, from their earliest Celtic origins to the modern day, Sir Fitzroy MacLean - himself a Knight of the Thistle, Scotland's highest chivalric order - sheds light on the character and motivation of the clans and brings vividly to life their highly dramatic stories. The reproduction of early Scottish artefacts is exquisite. We especially love the Book of Deer, from the 9th century, an early example of a Gaelic manuscript which contains the complete gospel of St John and a number of fragments from other Gospels. Another favourite of ours is the chessmen, carved from walrus ivory in the mid-13th century and probably originating in Skye. Each mail-clad figure holds a sword in his right hand and a shield over his left. The volume omits nothing, from Robert the Bruce and Bannockburn, through the Lords of the Isles and the Clan Wars, on to the early Stuarts, the doomed Mary Queen of Scots, the Jacobite Risings of the 18th century, the tragic 19th century Clearances which so nearly meant the end of Scotland, and so to the present day. 276 softback pages, 23cm x 29cm, lavishly illustrated in brilliant colour, with Clan Glossary and Examples of Tartans.
Published price: $35
Bibliophile price: £16
FITZROY MACLEAN Book Number: 71487 Product format: Paperback
There are very few people who are not bowled over by the colourful history and the apparel of Scotland. Surely there can be no sexier outfit for a man than the kilt, long socks and jacket of the traditional costume, all in the complicated tartan weaves that have been worn for hundreds of years? Queen Victoria herself was mad about tartan, and decorated Balmoral Castle with a wealth of it. In this extraordinary and romantic account of the Highlanders, from their earliest Celtic origins to the modern day, Sir Fitzroy MacLean - himself a Knight of the Thistle, Scotland's highest chivalric order - sheds light on the character and motivation of the clans and brings vividly to life their highly dramatic stories. The reproduction of early Scottish artefacts is exquisite. We especially love the Book of Deer, from the 9th century, an early example of a Gaelic manuscript which contains the complete gospel of St John and a number of fragments from other Gospels. Another favourite of ours is the chessmen, carved from walrus ivory in the mid-13th century and probably originating in Skye. Each mail-clad figure holds a sword in his right hand and a shield over his left. The volume omits nothing, from Robert the Bruce and Bannockburn, through the Lords of the Isles and the Clan Wars, on to the early Stuarts, the doomed Mary Queen of Scots, the Jacobite Risings of the 18th century, the tragic 19th century Clearances which so nearly meant the end of Scotland, and so to the present day. 276 softback pages, 23cm x 29cm, lavishly illustrated in brilliant colour, with Clan Glossary and Examples of Tartans.
Published price: $35
Bibliophile price: £16
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Thursday, 3 January 2013
Author backlash over Amazon's new online review crackdown - Telegraph
Author backlash over Amazon's new online review crackdown - Telegraph
Naughty naughty Amazon! Book reviewing is an art: I should know, having spent a lifetime handling books. Authors should never be censored.
Naughty naughty Amazon! Book reviewing is an art: I should know, having spent a lifetime handling books. Authors should never be censored.
Wednesday, 2 January 2013
Max Arthur OBE
Max Arthur OBE
We are thrilled to learn today that for services to military history in this year's New Year's Honours list, Max Arthur, a longtime friend of Annie and staunch supporter of Bibliophile, has received an OBE in deserved recognition for his writing on oral military history. Max has brought history back to life through his 'Forgotten Voices' series of war books sifting Imperial War Museum archives, meticulous research and detail.
Well done Max!
| MAX ARTHUR Book Number: 68892 |
Published price: £20
Bibliophile price: £5.00
Product format: Hardback
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In 2005 for his book The Last
Post, the final words from our soldiers of the Great War, Max Arthur
interviewed the last 21 veterans of the Great War. Each was over 100
years old and all had vivid ...
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| MAX ARTHUR Book Number: 69190 |
Published price: £8.99
Bibliophile price: £2.00
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Subtitled 'Personal Stories
from the Falklands War', here are firsthand accounts from action in the
Malvinas in 1982. Major Michael J. Norman of the Royal Marines looks at
the invasion of the Falk...
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| MAX ARTHUR Book Number: 70987 |
Published price: £7.99
Bibliophile price: £3.75
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11am, the 11th of the 11th 1918
- the war is finally over. After four long years Britain welcomed her
heroes home. They were welcomed home by their loved ones and those who
survived life at the F...
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