Following on from Hidden Aberdeenshire: The Coast, this new volume moves inland to tell the stories of the countryside, from the fertile farmland of Buchan to the high peaks of the Cairngorm Mountains.
Fiona-Jane Brown Boeken
Fiona-Jane Brown is een folkloriste en schrijfster wiens werk diep geworteld is in de rijke overlevering van Noordoost-Schotland. Ze onderzoekt zorgvuldig en brengt de lokale geschiedenis van de regio en haar merkwaardigere verhalen tot leven. Door haar diverse geschriften, die zowel academisch werk als fictie omvatten, verkent ze verschillende genres om het verleden te belichten en verborgen verhalen met een kenmerkende stem te ontdekken.
Sherlock Holmes and the Affair of the Contentious Contralto
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- 4 uur lezen
It is 1910, a widowed Dr Watson moves back to Baker Street to discover that age has done nothing to dim his old friend's thirst for mystery and deduction. One morning after Watson returns from a client to find Holmes in a bright mood - the reason? Holmes and Watson have been invited to the farewell concert of celebrated former Prima Donna of the Warsaw Opera - Irene Adler. The Woman requests their presence! What happens when Holmes meets his one female equal twenty years after their first, curious meeting which Watson described in "A Scandal in Bohemia."
Hidden Aberdeen
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- 5 uur lezen
Aberdeen is rich in history, much of it hidden. Now, in 'Hidden Aberdeen', Fiona-Jane Brown explores the city through new eyes, revealing new stories from the past and bringing the modern city to life.