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Argyll Curiosities
By: Marian Pallister
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ISBN: 1841585319
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Description:
"The great travellers of the 17th century - Martin Martin, Thomas Pennant and Samuel Johnson - used the word 'curiosity' to mean many different things. They labelled as 'curiosities' people, plants, legends, historical facts and geological certainties. In Argyll Curiosities, award-winning journalist and author Marian Pallister follows their example in a 21st-century journey around Argyll and its islands. From a proposed railway tunnel linking Scotland to Northern Ireland to fool's gold on the island of Belnahua, lost books by Pliny and Livy, the Paper Cave at Loch Eck and a very curious convenience in Rothesay, she uncovers an intriguing collection of eccentrics and oddities which adds a whole new dimension to this fascinating corner of Scotland."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Archaeology
- Local Interest Topics » Family History
- History » Specific Events & Topics in History » Genealogy
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Table of Contents:
| Stone | p. 1 |
| The Laird, his Lady and the Lead Mines | p. 19 |
| Ministers | p. 27 |
| Trams, Tunnels and Trains | p. 41 |
| Family Follies | p. 68 |
| Slated | p. 86 |
| Columba and a Lost Cache | p. 98 |
| Sepulchral Statements | p. 109 |
| Caves and Curses | p. 120 |
| A Place of Pilgrimage | p. 135 |
| An Elegant Relief | p. 147 |
| Perfidious Kintyre | p. 154 |
| Bibliography | p. 169 |
| Index | p. 171 |
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Details:
ISBN: 1841585319
ISBN-13: 9781841585314
Publisher: Birlinn, Limited
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Weight (kg): 0.353
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