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    Short History of Scotland
    Short History of Scotland
    Short History of Scotland
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    Short History of Scotland

    Written by Andrew Lang

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    A Short History of Scotland is a consise introduction to the history of Scotland from Roman times to the last Jacobite rebellion, written by the author of a much longer Scottish history. (Summary by Sibella Denton.)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Andrew Lang

    Andrew Lang (March, 31, 1844 – July 20, 1912) was a Scottish writer and literary critic who is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang’s academic interests extended beyond the literary and he was a noted contributor to the fields of anthropology, folklore, psychical research, history, and classic scholarship, as well as the inspiration for the University of St. Andrew’s Andrew Lang Lectures. A prolific author, Lang published more than 100 works during his career, including twelve fairy books, in which he compiled folk and fairy tales from around the world. Lang’s Lilac Fairy and Red Fairy books are credited with influencing J. R. R. Tolkien, who commented on the importance of fairy stories in the modern world in his 1939 Andrew Lang Lecture “On Fairy-Stories.”

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      The whole thing is a whirlwind of Scottish politics and warfare. Dizzying, as it covers over 1000 years of history from the formation of Scots tribes and resistance of Roman incursions to the total absorption into Great Britain. It’s something Arthurian: hopeful, violent, romantic, and tragic.

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