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01865cam a22002778a 4500 001 EE249BF02B0A11DE9A033608A8D7520A 005 200904162348.0 008 041026s2005 stk e 000 0 eng 020 $a 9781841583853 (pbk.) 020 $a 1841583855 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)59138663 040 $a UKM $c UKM $d SILO $d IXA $d JID $d SILO 100 1 $a MacHardy, Stuart. 245 1 $a The well of the heads : $b tales of the Scottish clans / $c Stuart MacHardy. 260 $a Edinburgh : $b Birlinn, $c 2005. 300 $a viii, 222 p. ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a In the Highlands of Scotland till modern times lived a warrior-society whose way of life had remained unchanged for centuries. Focused on the central role of the warrior, the Scottish clan system, built round the ties of blood, continued to exist alongside the modern rapidly industrializing society of eighteenth-century Britain. The warriors of the clan, fiercely loyal to each other and to the chief, were known for their remarkable courage, selfless loyalty and highly developed military skills. Not for nothing were they considered the best fighting men in the world. The tales collected here illustrate the drama and the dynamics of a society that lived close to nature, had little in the way of material wealth but possessed a treasure house of story and song. That tradition gives us instances of outstanding bravery and cold-hearted deceit, loyalty to the death and the eeriness of magic and the supernatural. 650 0 $a Clans $z Highlands $z Highlands $x History. 651 0 $a Highlands (Scotland) $x History. 651 0 $a Highlands (Scotland) $x Social life and customs. 939 $a 5512604 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180127065917.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EE249BF02B0A11DE9A033608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b JID 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search