Scotland: Her Story

The Nation’s History by the Women Who Lived It

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2018
Birlinn Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78027-531-4 (ISBN)

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Scotland: Her Story is a landmark publication: the first-ever history of Scotland told from the perspective of women. Drawing records, exchequer rolls, treasurer’s accounts, diaries, memoirs, chap books and newspapers, government reports and eye-witness statements, it brings to life the half of history that has for too long been hidden or ignored.

Scotland’s history has been told many times, but never exclusively by its women. This book takes a unique perspective on dramatic national events as well as ordinary life, as experienced by women down the centuries. From the saintly but severe medieval Queen Margaret to today's first minister Nicola Sturgeon, it encompasses women from all stations of class and fame and notoriety, offering a tantalising view of what happened to them, and how they felt. Drawing on court and kirk records, exchequer rolls and treasurer’s accounts, diaries and memoirs, chap books and newspapers, government reports and eye-witness statements, Scotland: Her Story brings to life the half of history that has for too long been hidden or ignored.

Features material by from a hugely diverse range of authors, including:

Princess Matilda • St Margaret • Margaret Tudor • Mary, Queen of Scots • Lady Grizel Baillie • Elsie Inglis • Mary Slessor • Jane Carlyle • Marie Stopes • Nan Shepherd • Leila Aboulela • Winnie Ewing • Muriel Spark • Liz Lochhead • Jackie Kay • Ali Smith • Nicola Sturgeon

Rosemary Goring was born in Dunbar and studied at the University of St Andrews. She worked at W&R Chambers as a reference editor before becoming literary editor of Scotland on Sunday. She was also the literary editor for The Herald and Sunday Herald, and is the author of two historical novels, After Flodden and Dacre's War.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.10.2018
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Gewicht	607 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-78027-531-5 / 1780275315
ISBN-13	978-1-78027-531-4 / 9781780275314
Zustand	Neuware