by George Mackay Brown (Author)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 253
Edition: First
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 14 Sep 1995
ISBN 10: 0719554357
ISBN 13: 9780719554353
Book Overview: These stories celebrate winter and its festivals, in a northern setting. They encompass Lieutenant William Bligh at the port of Hamnavoe, an Edinburgh man rediscovering his roots in Shetland, Baltic-men shipwrecked on the Orkney coast, and Norse warriors setting out for the Holy Land.