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From Loch Croispol to Nova Scotia’s Gaelic Shores

It was during one of our many journeys to Scotland that we found ourselves driving toward the northern tip of the mainland. The road to Durness wound through moors and heather, past lochs reflecting a restless sky. There, where land meets sea and time seems to slow, we discovered […]

October 31st, 2025 | Category: Books, Bookshops & Librairies, Canada, Historical Fiction, History, Scots Abroad | Leave a comment

Give me a book about Scotland to read by the fire…

 

I didn’t read Mark Helprin’s Winter’s Tale but I can’t think of a better quote than his to introduce my post today! 😉 We are at the end of January and there have been some unusually cold days here in Périgord Noir. Although I do love winter walks in the frost-white countryside, especially […]

January 31st, 2025 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books | Leave a comment

Sherlock Holmes’ Extraordinary Powers of Observation

Moving time! As I was packing my books for the move, I came across my Sherlock Holmes beloved printed editions and found interesting to recall that Sherlock Holmes was inspired by Joseph Bell, a doctor and mentor to Arthur Conan Doyle.

Queen Victoria

By the way, Joseph Bell served as Queen Victoria’s personal […]

June 30th, 2024 | Tags: , , | Category: Detective Novels, Magazines, Scottish Writers & Artists Houses | One comment

Authors and books that will make you love Scotland…

January… February…what about sitting by the fireside with a good book when it’s freezing cold outside and the wind is howling ;-). Add to that a cup of tea, coffee or chocolate and you’ll begin to like winter! Unless, of course, you prefer to go out and face the elements. I must admit that when […]

January 31st, 2024 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Alexander McCall Smith, Authors, Books, George Mackay Brown, Kenneth White, Scottish Writers & Artists Houses | Leave a comment

Notes about “Rob Roy” by Sir Walter Scott…

Going on with my reading notes about Sir Walter Scott’s books, the next in file on my chronological reading list is Rob Roy, one of his most famous novels which was published in December 1817. I’ve just finished it and it is still open on my desk together with a number of extremely interesting books […]

May 31st, 2023 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Historical Fiction, History, Sir Walter Scott | One comment
 
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