Milton and his world
[by] C. V. Wedgwood
The life of the well-known English poet and educator set against the social life and historic events of the seventeenth century.
Read Time: ~6.9 hr
Being a Scot
by Sean Connery and Murray Grigor (2009)
About this book
Summary:Being a Scot is a vivid and highly personal portrait of Scotland and its achievements. With Murray Grigor, co-writer, film-maker, friend and fellow Scot, Sean's personal quest has been to seek answers to some perplexing questions. How did Scots come to devise so many new sports and games? What gave fire to the Gothic tendency in Scottish literature? Why have so many creatively inventive and influential architects been Scots? Sean Connery offers a correction to misconceptions, whilst revealing as never before his own vibrant personal history
Setting / LocationLondon & UK
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreBeing a Scot Lead Character
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