The Hebrides

Paul Murton has spent half a lifetime exploring some of the most beautiful islands in the world—the Hebrides. He has travelled the length and breadth of Scotland's rugged, six-thousand-mile coastline and sailed to over eighty islands.

In this new and updated edition of his acclaimed book, The Hebrides, Paul visits each of the Hebridean islands in turn, introducing their myths and legends, history, culture, and extraordinary natural beauty.

In addition, he also meets the people who live there and learns their stories. He has met crofters, fishermen, tweed weavers, Gaelic singers, clan chiefs, artists, postmen, and bus drivers—people from every walk of life who make the islands tick. This blend of the contemporary and the traditional creates a vivid account of the Hebrides and serves as a unique guide to the less well-known aspects of life among the islands.