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Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Beside the Ocean of Time in Books

Jul 2, 2019  
Beside the Ocean of Time
Beside the Ocean of Time
George Mackay Brown | 1995 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Imagry, place, the story is great (0 more)
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This is a brilliant, emotional and pretty book
This is a beautiful novel. I found it slow to begin with but it is worth while persisting. The story centres around the inhabitants of the isle of Norday is the North of Scotland in the early 20th century. The protagonist Thorfinn Ragnarson is a bit of a daydreamer and his thoughts and dreams are narrated within the novel. This allows Brown to explore a rich and sentimental Scottish history whilst capturing the beauty and untouched lives of these rural Scottish farmers. Furthermore, the novel explores the effects of the Second World War and its devastation on these simple folks. Lovely.
  
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Winning the Highlander's Heart (The Highlanders #1) in Books

Aug 30, 2020  
Winning the Highlander's Heart (The Highlanders #1)
Winning the Highlander's Heart (The Highlanders #1)
Terry Spear | 2020 | History & Politics, Romance
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
156 of 200
Audio!
Winning the Highlander’s Heart ( Highlanders book 1)
By Terry Spear

Countess Anice vows to flee the amorous advances of King Henry I, and return to her home in the Highlands, where she hopes to find a laird to wed. Highlander Laird Malcolm MacNeill, seeking an English bride, becomes entangled with the Scottish lass while trying to find out why her staff has vanished.

I listened to this on audio I’m not really used to audio books so took a while to get Into! But I really enjoyed it what’s not to love Hot Scottish highlanders,drama ,action and romance. Historic fiction is a big love of mine and this didn’t disappoint!
  
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Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Braveheart (1995) in Movies

Jun 23, 2019  
Braveheart (1995)
Braveheart (1995)
1995 | Drama, History, War
10
8.2 (49 Ratings)
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Mel Gibson, Scotland and the kilts (0 more)
Historically really wrong , loads of spoofs, Mel Gibson's Scottish accent. (0 more)
So bad it's brilliant
This movie is so historically wrong but when you put the Brave heart theme tune to it, all is forgiven. It's actually a pretty good movie if you think of it as fiction.
  
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Tilda Swinton recommended The Many Days: Selected Poems Of Norman MacCaig in Books (curated)

 
The Many Days: Selected Poems Of Norman MacCaig
The Many Days: Selected Poems Of Norman MacCaig
Norman MacCaig | 2010 | Fiction & Poetry
(0 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"Scotland’s preeminent poet of both the mountain and the capital’s pavement. Doubleness is a Scottish art: Passion and Calvinism; the west and the east; the highlands and the lowlands. MacCaig embraces this split with true affection and verve. (See also: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.)"

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