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Canna

The Story of a Hebridean Island

By (author) John Lorne Campbell
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Birlinn General, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Imprint: Birlinn Ltd
Published: 25th Jul 2014
Dimensions: w 140mm h 222mm d 38mm
Weight: 615g
ISBN-10: 1780272316
ISBN-13: 9781780272313
Barcode No: 9781780272313
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Synopsis
This is the definitive history of Canna, one of the most beautiful of all the Scottish islands. Fertile and with a sheltered harbour, Canna has played an important part in the story of the Hebrides. After the Reformation the island was of considerable importance to the Irish Franciscan mission of the 1620s and also the Jacobite risings before it was swept up in the tragedies of depopulation and clearances of the nineteenth century. Gifted to the National Trust in 1981, the island is currently undergoing something of a revival, with the creation of the St Edward Centre on Sanday, and the proposed developments of Canna House. Recent archaeological surveys and historical research has uncovered much new evidence about the island. Hugh Cheape of the Royal Museum of Scotland, who has been intimately involved in the Canna project, has fully edited the book. New contributions both update and fill out the account of the island.

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'The scholarly dignity of this book is impressive, yet delightfully unforbidding. It makes splendid reading' * Country Life * 'The story of Canna is one of optimism, memorably written by a man who cares passionately for people, their language and their landscapes' * Scotsman *