Battleground Perthshire: Two Thousand Years of Battles, Encounters and Skirmishes - Tapa blanda

Reseña del editor

BATTLEGROUND PERTHSHIRE is a concise account of the battles and minor military events that have taken place within the county of Perthshire. Comprising two thousand years of battles, raids, rebellions, sieges, riots, feuds, ambushes and skirmishes, Battleground Perthshire shines the spotlight on the military history of Scotland's big county. Drawn from extensive primary and secondary sources: archives, eyewitness accounts and official records, it tells the fascinating stories of struggles for wealth, power, freedom and the right to self-determination. This chronicle of Perthshire's military history stands as an important reminder of some of the events that have marked the development of the Scottish people. It will appeal both to the reader interested in the history of Scotland and to those interested in military history.

Biografía del autor

Paul Philippou is a teacher and historian living in Perth. He has worked at Dundee and Stirling Universities and for The Open University. This is his second book; his first, Spanish Thermopylae: Cypriot Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39, was published in March 2009 by Warren & Pell.

Rob Hands is a geography teacher living near Perth. He has also written and illustrated International Issues in the 1990s - Chambers Social Studies Series (1991)
and the Success Guide to Intermediate 2 Geography - Leckie and Leckie (2009). He produces landscape graphics and diagrams to aid landscape and historical interpretation. He has made numerous visits to Scottish, UK, European and US battlefields to investigate the geographical elements involved in a range of battles.