A examination of the Celtic-speaking peoples of Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Scottish Highlands and Wales and how they played a vital role in the history of Europe and the Americas.
Foirm na n-Urrnuidheadh: John Carswell’s Gaelic translation of the Book of Common Order
R. L. Thomson (Editor)
This is a new edition of John Carswell’s translation into Gaelic of The Book of Common Order of the Church of Scotland.
First published 1970. Reprinted 1988.
In 1940, in Barra in the Outer Hebrides, an 18-year-old woman, Flòraidh, is persuaded to leave her island home when she learns that her stepmother intends to marry her off to the local shopkeeper. She follows her enigmatic friend Lavinia to the city and changes her identity to Laura, like a butterfly, leaving her chrysalis behind, as they join the war effort.
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