Immortal Memory: Burns and the Scottish People

by Christopher Whatley

Robert Burns was by far and away the most iconic figure in nineteenth-century Scotland. Multiple editions of his works poured incessantly from the presses. Unprecedentedly large crowds gathered to commemorate him at huge festivals and at the unveiling of memorials. His work was at the heart of the palpable rise of Scottish-ness that swept Scotland from the 1840s through to the First World War, including demands for Home Rule. If Walter Scott imagined...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910900087
• ISBN13: 9781910900086
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: John Donald Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"