Table of Contents

Map of the Island;
Introduction;
1 Unravelling Topography;
2 The Island's Capital and Crossroads;
3 Distilleries and Early Christians;
4 The Lords of the Isles;
5 Medieval Splendour in a Gaelic Peninsula;
6 Standing Stones in an Orwellian Environment;
7 Birds, Rocks and Ruins;
Useful Information and Places to Visit;
Place Names and their Pronunciations;
Further Reading;
Index.

About the Author

Norman Newton was born in Glasgow in 1944, spent his teenage years in Nelson, New Zealand, and attended college and university in the USA. In 1971 he returned to Scotland to work in university and public libraries, in Glasgow, Campbeltown and Inverness. He has written extensively on Scottish islands, Highland history and archaeology, and is now the reference librarian at Inverness public library.