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PUBLISHER: Luath Press

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9780946487844

RRP: £7.99

PAGES: 192

PUBLICATION DATE:
November 1, 2000

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Some Assembly Required: Behind the Scenes at the Rebirth of the Scottish Parliament

David Shepherd

This work provides a tongue-in-cheek account of the intrigues, petty rivalries and humorous incidents surrounding the preparations for the opening of the Scottish parliament. It is punctuated with appropriate quotes from John Knox – the preacher who oversaw proceedings, boxed up on a plinth in the courtyard, and contains a fly-on-the-wall perspective of the builders, workmen and others involved with the less galmorous, but just as interesting, tasks required to get the Parliament up and running.

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