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PUBLISHER: Historic Environment Scotland

FORMAT: Hardback

ISBN: 9781849172523

RRP: £25.00

PAGES: 224

PUBLICATION DATE:
April 5, 2018

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Scotland from the Sky

James Crawford

Accompanying a landmark 3-part BBC1 Scotland documentary series, this lavishly illustrated book uses the view from above as a unique window into our past, present and future. It is a story of war, innovation, adventure, cities, landscapes and people. It is the story of Scotland, from the Sky.

James Crawford

James Crawford is Publisher at Historic Environment Scotland and the Saltire-nominated author of Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of the World’s Greatest Lost Buildings. He has previously written a number of books on aerial photography, including Above Scotland, Scotland’s Landscapes and Aerofilms: A History of Britain from Above. This is his first series for the BBC as writer and presenter.

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