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John MacLeod

John MacLeod

John MacLeod was born in Lochaber in 1966. After graduating from Edinburgh University, he began his career at BBC Highland in Inverness and quickly established himself as a freelance writer. He won Scottish Journalist of the Year in 1991 and contributed regularly to The Scotsman and The Herald. He is presently a columnist with the Scottish Daily Mail and is the author of several books. He lives on a croft on the west side of Lewis with a small, elderly dog, two melodeons, a 4-oven Aga and far too many chickens.

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Banner in the West

Banner in the West


ISBN: 9781841587424
Category: History of Religion, History
Author: John MacLeod
Publication Date: October 2008
Format: HB
Price: £25.00
Stock Status: in stock  


Synopsis:
This is a story of the inhabitants of Lewis and Harris  – a tale of a people as indomitable as their landscape and a faith as profound as the Hebridean sea.

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Banner in the West

Banner in the West


ISBN: 9781841588520
Category: Religion
Author: John MacLeod
Publication Date: June 2010
Format: PB
Price: £12.99
Stock Status: in stock  


Synopsis:

This is a story of the inhabitants of Lewis and Harris – a tale of a people as indomitable as their landscape and a faith as profound as the Hebridean sea.


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None Dare Oppose

None Dare Oppose


ISBN: 9781841589091
Category:
Author: John MacLeod
Publication Date: January 2011
Format: HB
Price: £16.99
Stock Status: not yet published   


Synopsis:

John Macleod paints a stunning portrait of island society in Victorian Scotland held under a capricious and feudal oppression.It is an astonishing and powerful tale, beautifully accomplished and compellingly told.


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River of Fire

River of Fire


ISBN: 9781843410492
Category:
Author: John MacLeod
Publication Date: September 2010
Format: HB
Price: £16.99
Stock Status: not yet published   


Synopsis:

John MacLeod tells the story of the Clydebank Blitz and the terrible scale of death and devastation, speculating on why its incineration has been so widely forgotten and its ordeal denied any place in national honour.


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When I Heard The Bell

When I Heard The Bell


ISBN: 9781841588582
Category: Military History
Author: John MacLeod
Publication Date: May 2010
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock  
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Synopsis:

On 31 December 1918, hours from the first New Year of peace, hundreds of Royal Naval Reservists from the Isle of Lewis poured off successive trains onto the quayside at Kyle of Lochalsh. This work tells the story of the Iolaire, the commitment of the people of Lewis to the war against the Kaiser, and the way of life that was destroyed.


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