A Walk to the Western Isles by Frank Delaney

A Walk to the Western Isles by Frank Delaney

This travel book retraces Samuel Johnson and James Boswell's journey through Scotland and its Western Isles in the autumn of 1773. The book is a walk in the company of these two men, telling in some part the history of Scotland in the 18th century and today, of the people of the Highlands and islands then and now, their history, their whisky distilleries, the Loch Ness monster, their literature and songs, their food and hospitality, their lochs and harbours and sea-sounds - all observed via a stream of anecdotes. Johnson's book "A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland" and Boswell's book "Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson" are compared throughout.

Novelist, broadcaster and freelance journalist Frank Delaney was born in the south of Ireland in 1942. His radio programmes have included ‘Bookshelf’ and the language series ‘Word of Mouth’ on Radio 4. He regularly appears on TV, having made arts and history documentaries for the BBC, including ‘The Celts’, and features in the ‘Book Show’ on Sky News.

SKU	Non disponible
ISBN 13	9780246137456
ISBN 10	0246137452
Titre	A Walk to the Western Isles
Auteur	Frank Delaney
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	HarperCollins Publishers
Année de publication	1993-08-02
Nombre de pages	320
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