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Dance If Ye Can: A Dictionary of Scottish Battles Kindle Edition

by Malcolm Archibald (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Dance If Ye Can is an introduction to the huge variety of battles fought in Scotland, or fought by the Scots in the nearly nine hundred years when they were an independent nation.

The first part of the book serves as an introduction to Scottish history, while the second section portrays the Scottish soldier throughout history. Part three gives an alphabetical guide and brief notes of the many hundred battles, skirmishes and sieges that pepper the history of Scotland.

Unlike most battle books, Dance If Ye Can does not concentrate solely on the well-known battles. Rather, it gives space to many of the near-forgotten skirmishes and clan battles, as well as the more famous encounters such as Bannockburn and Culloden.

The earliest battles concern the Roman invasion of 83 AD, while the last was the German attack on the Royal Navy in the Firth of Forth in 1939. In between are mentions of the wars against the Norse and the English, with various civil wars and disturbances, the Jacobite Risings and the clan wars of the Borders and Highlands.

The final section is a timeline of Scottish history that brings the book to the post-devolution period in the twenty-first century.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01IVHHXRQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Creativia; 1st edition (July 21, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 21, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1376 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 252 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 42 ratings

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Malcolm Archibald

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Born in Edinburgh, Scotland and educated at the University of Dundee, I write in a variety of genres, from academic history to folklore, historical fiction to fantasy. I won the Dundee International Book Prize with my novel 'Whales for the Wizard' in 2005 and was a winner in the People's Book Prize with 'The Darkest Walk' in 2011. In 2021 my 18th century military novel, 'Blood Oath' won the military fiction prize awarded by the Society for Army Historical Research.

Happily married for 41 years, I have three grown children and live just outside Dundee in eastern Scotland.

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MCForest
2.0 out of 5 stars Not much added value
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2022
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In the internet age, this book does not seem to add much value either as Scottish or military history.
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Murray C. Canada
2.0 out of 5 stars Book is about Scottish battles
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2018
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If you are looking for non- fiction, accounts of many historic and even not particularly meaningful battles involving the Scots this would be the book. I found this book dry reading as the descriptions are, presumably factual and not embellished descriptions of events. The Scots were (are) apparently a contentious bunch and fought amongst themselves fairly often.
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aricandec
5.0 out of 5 stars Battling Scots!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2023
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Fairly comprehensive dictionary type of book. In Alpha order so requires a bit of local knowledge but a good summary of most of the battles that have taken place on Scottish soil since the Romans
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Edizioni Chillemi di Bruno Chillemi
4.0 out of 5 stars Buon testo
Reviewed in Italy on August 16, 2022
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...un buon testo...peccato ci siano molti piccoli refusi e raramente qualche frase poco capibile
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Kyle Rennie
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2020
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Big fan of history and battles in particular, especially Scottish battles. Also comes in handy when my customers ask me about battles (coach driver n sometimes tour guide) great book
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