A guide book to the Isle of Bute, consisting of a series of walks covering the island and additional historical notes, complete with OS map, with over 100 black and white illustrations providing an in-depth exploration of the island, and historical background to the history, agriculture, society and economy of the island.
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A guide book to Bute, consisting of a series of walks covering the island and additional historical notes, complete with OS map

1. Four walks and explorations for the town of Rothesay and central Bute

2.Ten walks or explorations for Kingarth and southern Bute
3. Four walks or explorations for northern Bute
4. Background notes on geology, climate change and the landscape; prehistory; history; life on the land; life at sea; industry; transport; bygone cultures;
nature

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781399992176
Publisert
2025-12-31
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
David McDowall
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
348

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

David McDowall has lived and wortked in different parts of the world: in Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Lebanon and Austria, serving in HM Forces, the British Council and the United Nations. He has travelled widely in the Near East and has written extensively on Britain and Middle Eastern history, in partiuclar on the Palestine question, the Lebanese conflict, and the Kurds of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. He now writes walkers' guides to some of Britain's historic landscapes. He is married to the writer Elizabeth Laird