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PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson Ltd

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9780500282335

RRP: £9.95

PAGES: 248

PUBLICATION DATE:
October 30, 2000

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Scotland: A Concise History

Fitzroy Maclean

Magnus Linklater

Continuously in print for over thirty years and renowned to this day for the authority and wit with which it disentangles the complex threads of Scotland’s rich history, this classic work has been brought up to date with a new chapter examining the Scots identity in the wake of the first Scottish Parliment in nearly 300 years.

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