Who Built Scotland: 25 Journeys in Search of a Nation
ISBN:
9781849172721
Publisher:
Historic Environment Scotland
Publication Date:
1 September 2018
In search of a nation
‘What we build always reveals things that are deeply and innately human. Because all buildings are stories, one way or another’
Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Robertson and James Crawford travel across Scotland to tell the story of the nation, from abandoned islands and lonely glens to the heart of our modern cities. Whether visiting Shetland’s Mousa Broch at midsummer, following in the footsteps of pilgrims to Iona Abbey, joining the tourist bustle at Edinburgh Castle, scaling the Forth Bridge or staying in an off-the-grid eco-bothy, the authors unravel the stories of the places, people and passions that have had an enduring impact on the landscape and character of Scotland.
Reviews
“The quality of the writing is uniformly high . . . This is a very good book; edifying and, at times, revelatory”
The Herald
“The 25 essays are all admirable appreciations of buildings — or of landscapes and places from which buildings have long disappeared. They are written with knowledge and enthusiasm and the photographs are gorgeous . . . [Who Built Scotland] is very enjoyable and rich in information. You would have to be quite exceptionally knowledgeable not to learn much from it, and it certainly paints a fine picture of our strange and varied country and its history”
Allan Massie, The Scotsman
“a book that is by turns inspiring and fascinating; a book that gives perspective to Scotland’s many and varied architectural traditions; and a book that gives context to the Scotland we see around us today”
Undiscovered Scotland
