Hail Caledonia: The Lure of the Highlands and Islands

by Eric Simpson

The Highlands and Islands today are a magnet for tourists from all over the world, but go back a few hundred years and it was a very different picture. Then, the Highlands were seen as remote and dangerous, and the Highlanders warlike and barbarous. By the 1800s, views had changed. Sir Walter Scott and Queen Victoria made the Highlands popular. For sportsmen, the Highlands offered shooting and fishing and for the ordinary tourist dramatic scenery...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144564004X
• ISBN13: 9781445640044
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"