June 14th Photograph Wildflower Garden Scotland

June 14th photograph of Wildflower Garden in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Wild Flowers of the Northern Highlands of Scotland is a stunning volume of photographs and detailed descriptions which reveals the intricate beauty of plant life in far north of Scotland. Botanist Ken Butler and photographer Ken Crossan have teamed up to interpret one of the most wonderfully wild landscapes in Britain, with miles of varied and magnificent coast, the empty and fascinating peatlands of the Flow Country, wetland plants of the river banks and loch margins and a range of woodland types arising from the subtle ecological differences of soil and climate. Each species discussed is accompanied by photographs and notes of how to identify them, while the habitats in which each species is to be found, including factors of geology, climate, history and plant competition which make that habitat what it is, are also examined. This is a book that can be enjoyed by novices and experts alike, both a beautiful coffee-table book and an invaluable reference guide. Wild Flowers of the North Highlands of Scotland.

June 14th Photograph Bradystone Garden Scotland

June 14th photograph of Bradystone Garden, Perthshire, Scotland. True cottage courtyard garden converted 14 years ago from derelict farm steadings. Ponds, free roaming ducks and hens and many interesting shrubs and ornamental trees.


June 14th photograph of Bradystone Garden, Perthshire, Scotland.


June 14th photograph of Bradystone Garden, Perthshire, Scotland.


June 14th photograph of Bradystone Garden, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Scotland for Gardeners. The Guide to Scottish Gardens, Nurseries and Garden Centres. This book is a compact color guide of the largest survey of Scottish gardens ever mounted and the first such guidebook to all that Scotland can offer garden and plant lovers. Including descriptions of virtually all Scotland's gardens which are open to the public, it recommends when to visit and what to look out for. Gardens are described in a pithy and lively style. Also covered are specialist nurseries, garden centers, wildflower walks, shows, public parks and more. The book includes useful maps showing routes for day trips and short-break tours and is illustrated throughout with full-color images by Ray Cox, the photographer of Suki Urquhart's 'The Scottish Gardener'. This is the ideal book for the Scot or the tourist who wishes to explore the world of gardens and plants in Scotland. Scotland for Gardeners: The Guide to Scottish Gardens, Nurseries and Garden Centres.

Photograph Margaret Tudor Scotland

Photograph of Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV, King of Scotland. Margaret Tudor, born 28th November 1489, died 18th October 1541, was the elder of the two surviving daughters of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the elder sister of Henry VIII. In 1503, she married James IV, King of Scots. Her son with the King in time became King James V and his daughter became Queen Mary I. In addition, she was also the grandmother of Mary's consort, Lord Darnley, through her second marriage. Margaret's marriage to James foreshadowed the Union of the Crowns, their double great grandson would become King of England and Scotland.

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James IV is the best known of all the late medieval Scottish rulers. Widely praised by his contemporaries, he combined the qualities of successful medieval monarch with a wide interest in the arts and sciences, while remaining acutely conscious of the need to enhance the prestige of his dynasty throughout Europe. This excellent study examines all aspects of James IV's sovereignty, explains his popularity and his highly successful kingship, and assesses the reasons for the disastrous end to the reign when the king and a large population of the Scottish nobility were eliminated in a single afternoon in 1513 at Flodden. James IV.

Photograph David Hume Scotland

Photograph of David Hume, born 1711, in Edinburgh, Scotland. A Scottish philosopher and historian, regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy and the Scottish Enlightenment.

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The Great Infidel. A Life of David Hume. Library shelves groan under the weight of academic critiques of David Hume's philosophy and in-depth studies of his political economy. This book, however, is not one of those scholastic times. Rather, this is the story of the life of the famous philosopher, one of Scotland's greatest men. Through Hume's life, we are shown the Enlightenment from its roots, through its sometimes difficult growth to its flowering in eighteenth-century Edinburgh. Using original sources, some for the first time, we witness his disappointment with the reception of his Treatise of Human Nature, it fell dead-born from the press, although it is now seen as a pivotal work in European thinking, and follow his adventures during a farcical invasion of France. His Essays and History at last brought him the fame he had sought, but also caused the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland to attempt to excommunicate him. The accusation that Hume was an atheist is disproved while, more light heartedly, his time as a diplomat shows him at the heart of the gossip of pre Revolutionary Paris, where he was 'Le Bon David'. Back in Edinburgh, James Boswell nicknamed him 'The Great Infidel' yet, like everyone else, sought invitations to Hume's well-stocked table and wine cellar. Hume never married, although he was always a favourite with the ladies for whist and conversation, and he was involved in a preposterous courtship in Turin. He also had a lengthy intellectual involvement with a married aristocrat who was already another man's mistress. The Great Infidel: A Life of David Hume.

Photograph Thomas Carlyle Scotland

Photograph of Thomas Carlyle, born 1795, in Ecclefechan, Scotland. Thomas was a was a Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era. He called economics "the dismal science", wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and became a controversial social commentator.

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Thomas Carlyle was a major figure in Victorian literature and a unique commentator on nineteenth-century life. Born in humble circumstances in the Scottish village of Ecclefechan in 1795, his rise to fame was marked by fierce determination and the development of a highly distinctive literary voice. In this clear, authoritative and readable biography, John Morrow traces Carlyle's personal and intellectual career. Wide-ranging, prophetic and invariably challenging, his work ranged from the astonishing pseudo-autobiography Sartor Resartus to major historical works on the French Revolution and Frederick the Great, and to radical political manifestos such as Latter Day Pamphlets. Thomas Carlyle is an account of his work and of his life, including celebrity as the Sage of Chelsea and his tempestuous marriage to Jane Welsh Carlyle. Thomas Carlyle.