Christmas Comes to Glasgow

Christmas Comes to Glasgow

Secret Dunfermline

Secret Dunfermline

Secret St Andrews

Series: Secret

Publication Date15th August 2016

Book FormatPaperback

pages96

Illustrations80

Height234

Width165

Explore the secret history of St Andrews through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
Regular Price £15.99 Online Price: £12.79
Availability: In stock
ISBN
9781445661865

Although known worldwide as the ‘Home of Golf’, St Andrews was also the ecclesiastical powerhouse in Scotland for centuries prior to the Reformation. Author Gregor Stewart takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the town’s past, unearthing tales of double crossing and infighting while introducing the reader to the nefarious characters who were jostling for power. He reveals connections between St Andrews and the order of the Knights of St John, who owned buildings in the town, and James Gregory, who laid a meridian line from his laboratory that pre-dates Greenwich by 200 years and is now widely credited as the ‘place where time began’. The book also explores the macabre: St Andrews was a centre for execution, using an early version of the guillotine, and there are descriptions of the fates of those accused of witchcraft and heresy. Secret St Andrews delves beneath the surface of this attractive university town, revealing a lesser-known and less savoury history that even most local residents don’t know.

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