Scottish Quotations

By David Ross

Book Overview

This collection spans the entire gamut of a nation's recorded thought and experience from Roman Scotland to the present day.

The Scots have always had a reputation for clarity of thought and also for the vigour with which it is put into words.

This collection spans the entire gamut of a nation's recorded thought and experience from Roman Scotland to the present day. It covers a vast range of subject matter and demonstrates a remarkable variety of moods and tones, from the literary to the colloquial and bawdy. Packed with sharp observation and humour, it sounds other notes too. Meditative, triumphant, tragic, accusing, tender - and often hilarious - it reveals the spirit of Scotland in a truly unique way.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780278489
• ISBN13: 9781780278483
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Birlinn
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.3" x 6.9"