Orkney and Shetland: An Historical, Geographical, Social and Sce

Orkney and Shetland: An Historical, Geographical, Social and Scenic Survey with Maps and Halftone Illustrations.\nEric Linklater, famous as novelist, playwright and historian was one of Orkney's most distinguished sons and knew the topography and the past and present of Orkney and Shetland as few other people. The author, who died in 1974, wrote about them with both understanding and affection.\nOrkney and Shetland have a unique place in British history. Indeed the two groups of islands did not become part of Scotland in any sense until the fifteenth century. They still retain that feeling of separation that has long since disappeared from other islands off the Scottish mainland. Both Orkney and Shetland are a delight for the archaeologist (the Stone Age remains are collectively the finest in the United Kingdom), the fisherman, and above all for anyone with a feeling for the remote and unspoilt.\nHere is landscape, sometimes rugged, sometimes gently undulating, but always hung betwee.