God's Islanders - A history of the People of Gigha

Name: God's Islanders - A history of the People of Gigha
Brand: The Scottish Landscape.org - The Scottish Bookshop
SKU: SLS-BK1433

SKU : SLS-BK1433

10,00£

Title: God's Islanders - A history of the People of Gigha
Author: Catherine Czerkawska
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh
Date: 2006

Hardback - 1st Edition, 295pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates.

Synopsis
Gigha is the most southerly of the true Hebridean Islands lying just of the coast of Scotland's Kintyre peninsular. It is just 7 miles in length with a 25 mile coastline with a number if secluded bays. It is a low lying Island, rising to just 100m but also extremely fertile.

The author relates the sometimes turbulent story of the Island's people from the settlers of prehistoric times, the arrival of the Celts and then the Vikings right up to trhe recent community buyout in 2002.
About the Author
Catherine Czerkawska is a Scottish writer known for her extensive body of work, including novels, plays, and non-fiction. Catherine Czerkawska was born in Yorkshire, of Polish and Irish parentage and is now living in Ayrshire.

Read more about the author:

https://www.catherineczerkawska.co.uk/
Condition Notes
An excellent nearly new copy with unblemished dustover now in protective wrap. Clean and bright pages throughout.

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