Scottish Folklore
$24.85
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2024
Summary
Scotland has one of the richest traditions of folklore in the world, and the nation’s greatest writers have been influenced by the country’s abundance of customs, superstitions, ghost stories and folktales. Robert Burns, Walter Scott, James Hogg and Robert Louis Stevenson all used Scottish folklore in their work.
This book traces the roots and traditions of Scottish folklore and introduces all its key parts, combining a huge range of material from gypsy-lore and Arthurian legend to ta…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780278476 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780278470 |
| Author: | Raymond Lamont-Brown |
| Publisher: | Birlinn General |
| Imprint: | Birlinn Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 110g |
| Dimensions: | 8mm x 111mm x 178mm |
| Series: | Traditional Scotland |
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Raymond Lamont-Brown
Raymond Lamont-Brown is a well-known author and lecturer with a wide range of interests. During the 1960s, he studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies at London University and lived for some time in Japan. Later, he lectured at the universities of St Andrews and Dundee and is a regular contributor on BBC Radio Scotland. As well as writing a great deal of local history, Raymond Lamont-Brown has written books on Robert Burns, Mary, Queen of Scots, as well as several books of military history. He lives in Broughty Ferry.
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