The Macleods: The History Of A Clan 1200-1956
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Few Scottish clans carry a legacy as rich, turbulent, and enduring as the MacLeods — a dynasty whose roots stretch back to the Norse-Gaelic world of the thirteenth century. The Macleods: The History of a Clan 1200–1956 chronicles over seven centuries of one of Scotland's most formidable Highland clans, tracing their origins, their feuds and alliances, their cultural contributions, and their remarkable survival into the modern era. Written by Isabel Frances Grant — one of Scotland's foremost social historians and founder of the Highland Folk Museum — this authoritative work presents a panoramic narrative that spans medieval lordships, Jacobite loyalties, and the sweeping social changes of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Grant's scholarship is meticulous yet compellingly readable, weaving genealogical detail with broader currents of Scottish and British history to illustrate how a clan's identity is shaped by both blood and circumstance. Her command of primary sources and her sensitivity to Highland culture give the text an intimacy that purely academic histories rarely achieve. Published by the prestigious house of Faber & Faber, this volume stands as an indispensable reference for anyone captivated by Scottish heritage — and a reminder that the story of a single clan is, in many ways, the story of a nation. Will the MacLeods' ancient motto, Hold Fast, prove as relevant in the modern world as it did on the windswept battlefields of medieval Scotland?
Author: I. F. Grant
Format: Hardback
Published: 1959, Faber & Faber Limited
Genre: British & Irish history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Few Scottish clans carry a legacy as rich, turbulent, and enduring as the MacLeods — a dynasty whose roots stretch back to the Norse-Gaelic world of the thirteenth century. The Macleods: The History of a Clan 1200–1956 chronicles over seven centuries of one of Scotland's most formidable Highland clans, tracing their origins, their feuds and alliances, their cultural contributions, and their remarkable survival into the modern era. Written by Isabel Frances Grant — one of Scotland's foremost social historians and founder of the Highland Folk Museum — this authoritative work presents a panoramic narrative that spans medieval lordships, Jacobite loyalties, and the sweeping social changes of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Grant's scholarship is meticulous yet compellingly readable, weaving genealogical detail with broader currents of Scottish and British history to illustrate how a clan's identity is shaped by both blood and circumstance. Her command of primary sources and her sensitivity to Highland culture give the text an intimacy that purely academic histories rarely achieve. Published by the prestigious house of Faber & Faber, this volume stands as an indispensable reference for anyone captivated by Scottish heritage — and a reminder that the story of a single clan is, in many ways, the story of a nation. Will the MacLeods' ancient motto, Hold Fast, prove as relevant in the modern world as it did on the windswept battlefields of medieval Scotland?