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Scotland Remembered - A History of Scotland Through its Monuments and Memorials (Paperback)
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Scotland Remembered - A History of Scotland Through its Monuments and Memorials (Paperback)
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Loot Price R447
Discovery Miles 4 470
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Monuments are all around us. We walk or drive past them every day,
yet we are often only vaguely aware of their existence. They are in
cemeteries and parks; on busy streets and in lonely places; they
stand by the sea or on the top of hills. Some are very obvious,
such as the Scott Monument, and some are obscure and hidden. They
commemorate many things: often the dead of history in wars at home
and abroad and disasters, both recent and long past, but they also
honour the achievements of our inventors, writers and explorers and
our kings, queens, saints and martyrs. They appear as statues, as
windows, as sculptures, as plaques and sometimes as buildings.
Sometimes they take centre stage in the middle of city squares or
on the summit of lonely mountains. In this book author Michael
Meighan examines the stories behind the monuments and memorials of
Scotland, and what they reveal about the history of the country:
its most ancient monuments; wars and battles; heroes and villains;
cultural figures, explorers and scientists; and disasters, both
natural and otherwise. The monuments range from famous landmarks
such as the Wallace Memorial at Stirling and the Wallace Monument
in Aberdeen, the Scott Monument in Edinburgh, to memorials to
Robert Burns, Mary, Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie and
the Jacobite Risings at Glenfinnan, Prestonpans and Culloden, which
represent the shaping of Scotland. Other monuments range from
Greyfriars Bobby, memorials to Saint Margaret of Scotland and the
Commando Memorial in Lochaber and many more.
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