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PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber
FORMAT: Paperback
ISBN: 9780571238170
RRP: £9.99
PAGES: 96
PUBLICATION DATE:
April 5, 2007
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Black Watch
Gregory Burke
Celebrated for its bravery and clannish loyalty the Black Watch has been in the vanguard of countless British military expeditions from Waterloo and the Somme to Kosovo. Its last great challenge before enforced amalgamation was relieving American forces at Camp Dogwood in Iraq during 2004 …BLACK WATCH is a timely and vital theatrical investigation based on interviews with former soldiers from this legendary Scottish regiment who served in Iraq.
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Francine Toon
Francine Toon grew up in Sutherland and Fife, Scotland. Her poetry, written as Francine Elena, has appeared in The Sunday Times, The Best British Poetry 2013 and 2015 anthologies (Salt) and Poetry London, among other places. Her debut Pine, was longlis …
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Waverley Books
Quirky, special, niche and Scottish, Waverley Books publish well-designed, high-quality books on Scotland, history, trains, nostalgia, fiction, cookery. We’ve been publishing books for the past 25 years.