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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

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

A Virtual Journey to the Scottish Islands of St Kilda …

The first time I heard about St Kilda islands was during a conference on Scotland given by Serge Oliéro on 17 January 2000. It was only a few months before our first Scottish journey. Serge Oliéro is the author of Terre d’Écosse which he dedicated to me with these words “Pour Marie-Agnès Bon voyage chez […]

August 30th, 2022 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Historical Fiction, Islands of Scotland | One comment

Notes about ‘The Black Dwarf’ by Sir Walter Scott…

Dear readers,

Here we are again, at the beginning of a new year, hoping for the best in the coming months. Given the sanitary situation we still don’t know when we will be allowed to return to Scotland. En attendant des jours meilleurs I try to compensate my frustrations by browsing our pictures of […]

January 31st, 2022 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Castles, Folk Tales & Mysteries, Historical Fiction, Sir Walter Scott | Leave a comment

1586: From her prison cell Mary Queen of Scots remembers…

On my desk is Alex Nye’s book For My Sins, a fascinating historical novel I’ve just finished reading. I recommend it to all people interested in Mary Stuart’s life. There are many books devoted to Mary Queen of Scots but this one is particularly moving since the narrator is Mary herself.

 

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June 6th, 2017 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Historical Fiction, History | Leave a comment
 
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