Curious Scotland: Tales from a Hidden History

by George Rosie and Rosie George

Book Overview

In Curious Scotland, George Rosie unearths and illuminates many neglected aspects of Scottish history in a rich collection of episodes that ranges from the Picts to the Indian tribes of North America.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312354169
• ISBN13: 9780312354169
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Interesting and obscure facts

I bought this book at my husband's request. He is of Scottish descent, and we have visited his cousins in Caithness, Scotland, so this book was of great interest to him. He has enjoyed the book immensely, learning lots of interesting and unusual facts about the country and it's people, and has even started contacting various Scotsmen he knows to check out and verify some of those facts. Most interesting to him was the information about John Ross, and he is now trying to find relatives or descendants of John Ross. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the history of Scotland...it has been a great read for my husband, quite enjoyable and at times very humorous. Written in the voice of a Scotsman, the book is eloquent yet succint.