Po staletí si Skotové vyprávěli příběhy svých předků, tajemného kmene Piktů. Tento starý keltský kmen, který se dokázal ubránit nadvládě Římského impéria, je známý zejména díky kamenným rytinám, rozesetým po celém Skotsku. V této knížce jsou poprvé shromážděny příběhy Piktů spolu s tradovanými vyprávěními o krvavých bitvách, válečnících, světcích, kněžkách i nadpřirozených bytostech.
Stuart McHardy examines the Pictish symbols which have been discovered on various items across Scotland. This interpretation serves as a backdrop for his analysis of the symbols themselves, providing a context for his suggestion that there was an underlying series of ideas and beliefs behind the creation of the symbols.
Edinburgh Castle is one of Scotland's most awe-inspiring and striking landmarks. A site of human habitation since the 9th century BC, it has a rich and varied history and has been a crucial strategic military site for thousands of years. Tales of Edinburgh Castle is a salute to the ancient tradition of storytelling, painting a vivid picture of the castle in bygone times, and the rich and varied characters to whom it owes its notoriety.
A book about Scotland drawn from hundreds, if not thousands, of stories. The stories are hilarious, tragic, heroic or frightening.
This is an accessible history of the oft misunderstood Picts, discrediting the idea that the Picts were a strange historical anomaly and showing them to be the indiginous people of Scotland.