Islands of the Evening
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Sell my copyAuthor: Alistair Moffat
Title: Islands of the Evening
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 320
Release Date: 2022-12-06
Details: "Moffat has a gift for putting readers at ease and bringing history alive... part social history, part travelogue, part religious hymnal, this is a charming book." - Scottish Field
[an] exploration of Scotland's past through the eyes of a scholarly hiker ... Magnificent' - New Statesman, Books of the Year
Fourteen centuries ago, Irish saints journeyed to the Hebrides and Scotland's Atlantic shore. They sought spiritual solitude in remote places, but their mission was also to spread the word of God to the peoples of Scotland. Columba was the most famous of these pioneers who rowed their curraghs towards danger and uncertainty in a pagan land, but the many others are now largely forgotten.
Alistair Moffat sets off in search of these elusive figures. As he follows in their footsteps, he finds their traces not so much in tangible remains as in the spirit and memory of the places that lay at the very edge of their world.
EAN: 9781780278018
Package Dimensions: Height: 7.7 Inches, Length: 5.1 Inches, Weight: 0.61508971098 Pounds, Width: 1.1 Inches
