Scottish Isles

by James Penrith and Deborah Penrith

Published January 2002
Once remote from outside influence, these islands are now reaping the benefits of Scotland's new Parliamentary devolution, oil, tourism and modern communications, while still retaining its individual characteristics and traditions. This is the essential guide to the once-wild north-western fragments of Britain that have been home to prehistoric tribes, rampaging Norsemen, pious monks and turbulent Gaels.