The Gravity of Feathers: Fame, Fortune and the Story of St Kilda

by Andrew Fleming

Challenges the traditional narrative of the island's evacuation by revealing how its inhabitants adapted to modernity and engaged with the tourist trade.

Discover the true story of St Kilda.

When the last 36 inhabitants of St Kilda, 40 miles west of the Scottish Hebrides, were evacuated in 1930, the archipelago at 'the edge of the world' lost its permanent population after five millennia.

It has long been accepted that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780278810
• ISBN13: 9781780278810
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Birlinn
• Length: 368 Pages