Monthly Archives: November, 2011
Ireland and the Classical World By Philip Freeman
Author: Philip Freeman Publisher: The University of Texas Press Copyright: 2001 Pages: 148 Synopsis: On the boundary of what the ancient Greeks and Romans considered the habitable world, Ireland was a land of myth and mystery in classical times. Classical authors frequently portrayed its people as savages-even as cannibals and devotees of incest-and evinced occasional …
The Making of Scotland Series (Books)
This review is going to be a little different since I’m reviewing 12 books in one go. The Making of Scotland is a series published by Birlinn LTD and Historic Scotland. It covers a very long stretch of Scottish history from the first settlers to the clearances. As I said before the series has 12 …
