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A unique look at Orkney through a poet's eye, An Orkney Tapestry is a celebration of its people, language and place. It is not written as a continuous historical narrative but as a pattern of history, legend and folklore. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Sylvia Wishart - a fellow Orcadian - they show what has been won and lost in Orkney over the centuries. Chapters discuss modern Orkney; Rackwick: the development and decline of an island community, a microcosm of Orkney life; Vikings: a study of three great Vikings: Earl Sigurd; Said Magnus and Martyr, and Earl Rognvald the Crusader; Poets: a ballad maker and Robert Rendall, an Orkney poet; Midwinter Music and Midsummer Music: two chapters on folklore and communal art and poetry.Product Identifiers
PublisherBirlinn General
ISBN-139781846974809
eBay Product ID (ePID)8046576294
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAn Orkney Tapestry
Publication Year2021
SubjectMythology, History
TypeTextbook
AuthorGeorge Mackay Brown
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height195 mm
Item Weight269 g
Additional Product Features
EditorKirsteen Mccue, Linden Bicket
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorGeorge Mackay Brown