BOOK REVIEW AND LISTS

You guys keep hearing about Time Team and never get the chance to see it, well now you can. A 3 disc DVD set divided into summaries of the shows on various eras of British history, with some extra bits of interest like two Xmas Specials, a half hour interview with Tony Robinson, and a Behind the Scenes session with Mick the dig, etc The sections are Time Team digs the Bronze Age Time Team digs the Iron Age Time Team digs Roman Britain 1 Time Team digs Roman Britain 2 Time Team digs the Dark Age Time Team digs Norman Britain Time Team digs Medieval Britain Time Team digs Modern Britain. There's a bit about two American Bombers they dug up in Norfolk which crashed in WW…

The Brus, John Barbour http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/SESLL/STELLA/ST...US/contents.htm Rob Roy and Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott Remember if you read Rob Roy, it's a work of fiction. Whilst Scott did more than most to promote Scotland, and an air of romanticism about this old country of mine, he's also responsible for some of the most misconceived and distorted aspects of our history! http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/41/2003/frameset.html Life and Heroick Actions of The Renoun'd Sir William Wallace by William Hamilton of Gilbertfield; Access the full text on-line from here! http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/by/William%20Ha...rder=popularity This is the book that Braveheart was b…

Just a wee note to let you all know that a fourth edition of Martin Coventry's Castles of Scotland is currently in production. There is a possibility that this largest ever volume may be published by Birlinn, as opposed to Martin himself as Goblinshead, though a final decision on this has not yet been intimated . The gazetteer will include a whole host of new sites, including (hopefully) a number provided by yours truly, since updated lists for Glasgow and the Clyde have been submitted. Watch out for this one on the bookshelfs, it's always worth buying!

Life and Heroick Actions of The Renoun'd Sir William Wallace by William Hamilton of Gilbertfield; Access the full text on-line from here! http://oldpoetry.com/authors/William%20Ham...%20Gilbertfield This is the book that Braveheart was based on.

The book on-line, but remember if you read this, it's a work of fiction. Whilst Scott did more than most to promote Scotland, and an air of romanticism about this old country of mine, he's also responsible for some of the most misconceived and distorted aspects of our history! http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/41/2003/frameset.html His 'English' novel Ivanhoe is also available from the same page.

Got all eleven volumes of this masterpiece on CD-Rom. Great pictures which the CD-info informs me are copyrighted, and not copyable. HUH ! One can nearly always find a way round these problems, and I've successfully copied all 47 castle etchings for future use. (Ralph - I'll add them to that disc I'm creating for you, along with Tranter's sketches and other pics). HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL YOU

Google Offers Index of Public Domain Works MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google Inc.'s Internet-leading search engine on Thursday will begin serving up the entire contents of books and government documents that aren't entangled in a copyright battle over how much material can be scanned and indexed from five major libraries. The list of Google's so-called "public domain" works — volumes no longer protected by copyright — include Henry James novels, Civil War histories, Congressional acts and biographies of wealthy New Yorkers. Google said the material, available at http://www.print.google.com, represents the first large batch of public domain books and documents to…

[*]VANISHING ENGLAND by P.H. Ditchfield and Fred Roe isbn 1-85891-048 x Bracken Books London This book first published in 1910 describes an England that even then was fast disappearing.It covers Architecture, Castles, Village Cottages,Traditional country Fairs, games, Customs and much more information on a now almost completely vanished cultural heritage. It's written so that the text is not dry or boring and is a pleasure to read. [*]1066 And All That Published by THE FOLIO SOCIETY London: mcmxc "A comic satire upon textbook history squeezing in 'all the history you can remember' from the dashing Queen Woadicea to the Magna Charter, from the six burglars …

I’m a bibliophile, and I’m not ashamed. Like all bibliophiles, there’s only one thing I enjoy more than collecting and reading books… letting others know what my favorite books are. Here’s a bibliography of some books on my shelf (actually shelves) pertaining to medieval life, society, and history. All of these books are guaranteed to delight those who travel the hallowed halls of this forum, and I’m sure more than one title will be recognized. Here are few general medieval history, sociology books. Frances and Joseph Geis. Life in a Medieval Castle, Harper & Row, 1979. . Life in a Medieval City, Harper & Row, 1981. . Life in a Medieval Village, Perenni…

Another large tome which I've purchased on CD-Rom. I'm not sure how much it would cost to buy the actual book - possibly around £250 or more. Lots of interesting pictures Ralph, which I will get copied for you. Here's a taster or two.