Author: Ross, David ScotlandPublished on 2 May 2024 by Birlinn General (Birlinn Ltd) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Traditional Scotland' series.Paperback | 160 pages109 x 179 x 16 | 112g The Scots have always had a reputation for clarity of thought and also for the vigour with which it is put into words.This collection spans the entire gamut of a nation's recorded thought and experience from Roman Scotland to the present day. It covers a vast range of subject matter and demonstrates a remarkable variety of moods and tones, from the literary to the colloquial and bawdy. Packed with sharp observation and humour, it sounds other notes too. Meditative, triumphant, tragic, accusing, tender - and often hilarious - it reveals the spirit of Scotland in a truly unique way.
