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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Battle of Bannockburn is often presented as a decisive moment of national destiny, a single clash that secured Scotland's independence and confirmed the triumph of Robert Bruce. The reality was more complex, and far less final, than the legend suggests.This book offers a measured account of Bannockburn and its wider significance, placing the battle within the longer struggle between Scotland and England in the early fourteenth century. Rather than treating the fighting as heroic spectacle, it examines how terrain, discipline, leadership, and political constraint shaped the outcome, and why English numerical strength failed to translate into control.Bannockburn did not end the war, nor did it guarantee independence. Its importance lay in how it altered leverage, weakening English authority, strengthening Bruce's position, and changing the terms on which the conflict continued. This study traces those consequences carefully, resisting the temptation to treat victory as inevitability or myth as explanation.Written for readers interested in serious history rather than legend, this book presents Bannockburn as a contingent, human event whose significance lies as much in its limits as in its achievements. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. KELLY - Survival and Persistence Through the AgesKelly is one of the great Irish surnames - ancient, widespread, and still carried by millions across Ireland and the Irish diaspora.From its Gaelic origins as O Ceallaigh, the name emerged independently in several regions of Ireland and endured centuries of upheaval that erased countless other names. This book tells the story of how Kelly took root, spread, and survived through conquest, land loss, famine, and emigration - not through royal privilege or a single ruling house, but through resilience and continuity at the level of ordinary families.Tracing the name from medieval Ireland to the modern world, Kelly explores territory, status, power, and limitation in Gaelic society, the disruptions of the Tudor reconquest and Penal era, and the mass emigration that carried the name across Britain, North America, Australia, and beyond. It shows why the strength of the surname lay in its plurality - existing in more than one place, carried by more than one lineage, and therefore impossible to extinguish.This is not a romantic legend or a fabricated clan tale. It is a clear, compelling history of how one of Ireland's most recognisable surnames endured when history was working against it.If you carry the name Kelly, this book explains where it came from, what it survived, and why it is still here.Kelly did not need kings to last.It needed people. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Murphy is one of Ireland's most widely carried surnames, yet its history is often simplified or misunderstood.This book examines the Murphy name as it actually developed, not as later legend presents it. Rather than tracing a single clan or founding ancestor, it explains how the name emerged from an Irish personal name, took root independently in multiple regions, and endured centuries of political change, land loss, famine, and migration.Drawing on surviving historical records and modern scholarship, the book explores patterns of settlement, landholding, local authority, and social continuity among families who carried the name. It is explicit about what can be established from evidence, what rests on informed interpretation, and where the historical record falls silent.This is not a genealogical guide and does not attempt to reconstruct individual family trees. It is a history of the name itself, focusing on survival and persistence rather than myth, heraldry, or invented tradition. Written with restraint and clarity, it is intended for readers who want an honest account of how an Irish surname endured and why it remains so widely carried today. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Wisdom of the Scots brings together 365 traditional Scottish proverbs, each presented in Scots, translated into clear modern English, and explained with careful attention to meaning, context, and practical use.These sayings were never intended as decoration. They emerged from everyday life shaped by work, weather, scarcity, kinship, authority, and long memory. Spoken rather than written for much of their history, they survived because they were useful. They warned against common errors, described human behaviour plainly, and compressed experience into language that could be remembered and repeated.This book treats Scots proverbs as serious expressions of judgment rather than quaint curiosities. Each entry explores what the proverb meant in practice, why it endured, and how the underlying insight still applies to modern life. The commentary avoids romanticism and sentimentality, focusing instead on clarity, realism, and consequence.The language is presented with respect for historical variation. Scots spellings reflect period and regional usage rather than modern standardisation, and the English renderings aim to convey sense rather than literal word-for-word translation. A short guide to pronunciation and usage is included to support readers unfamiliar with Scots, without requiring specialist knowledge.Some proverbs are blunt. Others are uncomfortable. Many contradict one another. That inconsistency is deliberate and honest. These sayings were shaped by experience rather than theory, and experience rarely produces tidy rules. Taken together, they form a record of how people learned to live with uncertainty, power, work, and one another.This is not a book of inspirational quotations or modern self-help. It is a practical, historically grounded collection of folk wisdom, offering insight into Scottish language, culture, and the clear-eyed realism that sustained ordinary lives over generations. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Wisdom of the Scots brings together 365 traditional Scottish proverbs, each presented in Scots, translated into clear modern English, and explained with careful attention to meaning, context, and practical use.These sayings were never intended as decoration. They emerged from everyday life shaped by work, weather, scarcity, kinship, authority, and long memory. Spoken rather than written for much of their history, they survived because they were useful. They warned against common errors, described human behaviour plainly, and compressed experience into language that could be remembered and repeated.This book treats Scots proverbs as serious expressions of judgment rather than quaint curiosities. Each entry explores what the proverb meant in practice, why it endured, and how the underlying insight still applies to modern life. The commentary avoids romanticism and sentimentality, focusing instead on clarity, realism, and consequence.The language is presented with respect for historical variation. Scots spellings reflect period and regional usage rather than modern standardisation, and the English renderings aim to convey sense rather than literal word-for-word translation. A short guide to pronunciation and usage is included to support readers unfamiliar with Scots, without requiring specialist knowledge.Some proverbs are blunt. Others are uncomfortable. Many contradict one another. That inconsistency is deliberate and honest. These sayings were shaped by experience rather than theory, and experience rarely produces tidy rules. Taken together, they form a record of how people learned to live with uncertainty, power, work, and one another.This is not a book of inspirational quotations or modern self-help. It is a practical, historically grounded collection of folk wisdom, offering insight into Scottish language, culture, and the clear-eyed realism that sustained ordinary lives over generations.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Bannockburn | Scotland's Battle for Independence | Gaelic Heritage Collection (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | Gaelic Heritage Collection | EAN 9798233800207 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Kelly | Survival and Persistence Through the Ages | Sean Kelly | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | Gaelic Heritage Collection | EAN 9798233863820 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Murphy | Survival and Persistence Through the Ages | John Murphy | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | Gaelic Heritage Collection | EAN 9798233094873 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Wisdom of the Scots 365 Proverbs Explained | Meaning, History, and Everyday Life | James Mackenzie | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | Gaelic Heritage Collection | EAN 9798233584701 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …