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The Hebrides
From the presenter of BBC TV's Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands
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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,...
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See morePaul Murton has spent half-a lifetime exploring some of the most beautiful islands in the world the Hebrides.In this new and updated edition of his acclaimed book, Paul visits each of the Hebridean islands in turn, introducing their myths and legends, history, culture and extraordinary natural beauty.
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Description
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.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781780278926
Publisher: Birlinn General
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 July 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Birlinn Ltd
Edition: New Edition
Illustration: 2 x 16pp colour plates
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 290g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Paul Murton is well known as a documentary film maker whose work includes Grand Tours of Scotland and Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands (4 series). He grew up in rural Argyll and has been an inveterate traveller since his teenage years.
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