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Wild Scots: Four Hundred Years of Highland History

Wild Scots: Four Hundred Years of Highland History

by Michael Fry (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

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Synopsis

Lively and controversial, this panoramic history of the highlands focuses squarely on its people. It traces the ironies of their fate as emigration, forced clearances and the breakdown of feudal relations undermined traditional customs. But Michael Fry's groundbreaking reassessment of the highlands is not the usual eulogy for a dying era. He argues that the highlands simply had to modernise and traces the inventive ways in which Gaelic culture withstood economic decline. Wild Scots captures a truly distinctive culture with an emblematic capacity to withstand volatile political change.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 400
 Edition: annotated edition
 Publisher: John Murray
Published: 13 Jul 2006
ISBN 10: 0719561043
ISBN 13: 9780719561047

Media Reviews
'Formidable...superb...spectacularly audacious.' -- The Times 'Outstanding...closely argued, cleverly constructed and, best of all, deliciously written.' -- Literary Review 'Sparkles with gripping details...a first-class narrative.' -- Scotland on Sunday 'Attacks and defends the personalities of the past with ferocious and infectious pleasure...Excellent.' -- Glasgow Herald 'Delicious.' -- Daily Mail 'Alive and colourful' -- TLS 'A celebration of an ever-adapting Gaelic society.' -- Good Book Guide 'This is a stimulating account from a journalist-historian covering four centuries, and it certainly shakes a few perceptions.' -- Scottish Life 20051201 'Fry flattens! sacred cows in energetic and elegant prose.' -- Ross Leckie, The Times -- Ross Leckie, The Times 20060722 'Fry is a gentleman and a scholar, and a formidable writer ... a first --class narrative of the Gaidhealtachd.' -- Scotland On Sunday 20060703 'An excellent new book' -- Max Hastings, Daily Mail 20051008
Author Bio
Michael Fry was educated at Oxford and Hamburg. He has been a visiting fellow at Strathclyde and Brown universities, and held other international fellowships. His books include Patronage and Principle, The Dundas Despotism and The Scottish Empire. A popular history, How the Scots Made America, was recently published in New York. He has also written numerous articles and pamphlets on modern Scottish history. He has contributed to most major newspapers and has been a weekly columnist for The Scotsman, The Herald and The Sunday Times. He lives in Edinburgh.