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The wonderful world of the Hebridean islands
Love of Country: A Hebridean Journey
What you need to know before your trail
Over six years, Madeleine Bunting travelled to the Hebrides, exploring their landscapes, histories and magnetic pull. With great sensitivity and perceptiveness, she delves into the meanings of home and belonging, which in these islands have been fraught with tragedy as well as tenacious resistance. She finds that their history of dispossession and migration played a part in the British imperial past. And perhaps more significant still is the extent of the islands’ influence on ideas of Britishness.
Locations
Reset- The Hebrides - (Inner)
- A: Jura
- B: Isle of Iona
- C: Staffa
- D: Rùm
- The Herbrides - (Outer)
- E: Eriskay
- F: Lewis
- G: St Kilda
Travel Guide
The Hebrides
Home to a long and rich Gaelic tradition, they have attracted saints and sinners, and artists and writers, inspiring awe and dread as well as deep attachment. Over six years, Madeleine Bunting travelled to the Hebrides, exploring their landscapes, histories and magnetic pull.
With great sensitivity and perceptiveness, she delves into the meanings of home and belonging, which in these islands have been fraught with tragedy as well as tenacious resistance. She finds that their history of dispossession and migration played a part in the British imperial past.
And perhaps more significant still is the extent of the islands’ influence on ideas of Britishness. Love of Country shows how the islands’ history is a backdrop for contemporary debates about the relationship between our nations, how Britain was created, and what Britain has meant – for good and for ill.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Love of Country: A Hebridean Journey
Destination : The Hebrides Author/Guide: Madeleine Bunting Departure Time: 2000s
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