Books set in Scotland (36)
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Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson EN
ScotlandDescription:
"If 'Treasure Island' is the pirate story par excellence, then 'Kidnapped' is the romantic Scots adventure story of all time. Written in 1886, it is set in the turmoil and aftermath of the 1746 Jacobite Scots rebellion against the English at Culloden - events that established much of the national Scots character, which persists to this day. The story follows David Balfour, the canny eighteen year old, who is keen to seek his fortune. He sets out from the lowlands of Scotland to meet his mysterious relative, in search of work and 'whatere he may find'. His adventures begin at almost at once, an... continue
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Las llaves del reino by A. J. Cronin ES
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Las llaves del reino narra la vida del padre Francisco: su infancia, el trágico suceso que despertó su vocación, su labor misionera en China durante un agitado período de hambre, peste y guerra civil. Desconcertante a veces por su peculiar carácter e ingenuidad, el protagonista de este relato posee un alma recta, una profunda humildad y una mezcla de energía y dulzura. Cronin, con la admirable maestría que le ha granjeado innumerables lectores en todo el mundo, relata aventuras y luchas, esboza almas y ambientes, y crea en la figura central uno de los personajes más interesantes de la novelíst... continue
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Los verdes años by A. J. Cronin ES
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La nueva vida del huérfano que cambia de casa es uno de los temas más permanentes de la novelística de todos los tiempos. Las experiencias de la niñez se vuelven particularmente importantes en estas condiciones, a veces más ásperas y más dolorosas, pero en otras, llenas de esa ternura que sólo puede apreciar la hipersensibilidad del niño que vuelve a encontrar un hogar. Esta es una de las más conmovedores novelas de Cronin. SU obra se caracteriza siempre por el aspecto limpio de la vida, por la nobleza de los protagonistas y... continue
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A heartbreaking novel of an extraordinary lifelong friendship.
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Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall EN
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Presents a history of England, Scotland, and the collective British Empire, which includes areas of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and India; and begins with the stories of Albion and Brutus and ends with the life of Queen Victoria.
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Pine by Francine Toon EN
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'It's both eerie and thrilling at once, and had me under its spell until the end.' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure They are driving home from the search party when they see her. The trees are coarse and tall in the winter light, standing like men. Lauren and her father Niall live alone in the Highlands, in a small village surrounded by pine forest. When a woman stumbles out onto the road one Halloween night, Niall drives her back to their house in his pickup. In the morning, she's gone. In a community where daughters rebel, men quietly rage, and drinking is a means of forgetting, m... continue
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What unites Katherine Mansfield, Charlie Chaplin, Shakespeare, Rilke, Beethoven, Brexit, the present, the past, the north, the south, the east, the west, a man mourning lost times, a woman trapped in modern times? Spring. The great connective. With an eye to the migrancy of story over time and riffing on Pericles, one of Shakespeare's most resistant and rollicking works, Ali Smith tells the impossible tale of an impossible time. In a time of walls and lockdown, Smith opens the door. The time we're living in is changing nature. Will it change the nature of story? Hope springs eternal.
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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland by Bryan Sykes EN
EnglandDescription:
From the best-selling author of The Seven Daughters of Eve, a perfect book for anyone interested in the genetic history of Britain, Ireland, and America. One of the world's leading geneticists, Bryan Sykes has helped thousands find their ancestry in the British Isles. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts, which resulted from a systematic ten-year DNA survey of more than 10,000 volunteers, traces the true genetic makeup of the British Isles and its descendants, taking readers from the Pontnewydd cave in North Wales to the resting place of the Red Lady of Paviland and the tomb of King Arthur. This illumin... continue