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PUBLISHER: Scottish Cultural

ISBN: 9781898218289

PAGES: 208 p.

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Parish Life In Eighteenth-Century Scotland

Maisie Steven has taken a selection of material from the massive 20 volumes of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Old Statistical Account’ and presents here a remarkable and unique insight into the lives of Scottish peoples from every kind of background and tradition.

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