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Ross David: The Xenophobe's Guide to the Scots

Скачать книгу (размер 463 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 92) Аннотация: Innate instincts. A Scotsman likes to feel that, almost by instinct, he could guddle a trout (palm it out of the water) or gralloch a deer (disembowel it with his knife), even if he spends his day driving a bus or designing software. A kilty cover-up If the Scots were to shed their seriousness, they would be noisier than the Neapolitans and wilder than the dancing Dervishes. Their reserve is not…

Ross David: England History of a Nation

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Издание полностью на английском языке.

Ross David: Ireland History of a Nation

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Past events in Ireland often created disarray in British politics, the Irish question featured strongly in the international policies of Spanish and French governments for hundreds of years, and Irish soldiers played significant parts in battles in many countries, from the Thirty Years War to the American Civil War. Yet, Irish history remains elusive. For the greater part of a millennium, while…