Highlanders A History of the Highland Clans

作者 Fitzroy MacLean著Photos and Drawings绘
出版社 Overlook Press
出版时间 2007年7月
ISBN 9781841592695
定价 169.20

内容简介

TheHighlandsofScotland,andmorespecificallytheclansthatinhabitthem,havearomanticresonanceandmystery.FitzroyMacleanrecountstheirextraordinaryhistory,fromtheirCelticoriginstoRoberttheBruce,thewarsofindependenceandBannockburn,fromFlodden,MaryQueenofScotstotheJacobiteRisingsoftheeighteenthcentury,thenineteenth-centuryClearancesandthemodernday.Highlandersshedslightonthemotivationandcharacteroftheclans,bringingvividlytolifetheirhighlydramaticstories.Neverbeforehastherebeensuchathoroughandwell-balancedviewofHighlandhistory.

作者简介

FitzroyMacleanwasaScottishdiplomat,soldier,adventurer,politicianandwriter.DuringWorldWarIIhewaspostedtoYugoslaviaasChurchill'spersonalrepresentativeandCommanderoftheMissionwithTito'spartisans.HewasawardedtheCroixdeGuerre(France),OrderofKutuzov(Russia)andPartisanStar(Yugoslavia).In1993hewascreatedaKnightoftheThistle,Scotland'shighestchivalricorder.EasternApproaches,theaccountofhisexperiencesinRussiaandCentralAsiabeforethewar,hassoldmorethanamillioncopiesinsevenlanguages.HisotherbooksincludeaHistoryofScotlandandabiographyofBonniePrinceCharlie.

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