Description
A one volume history of the great city of Glasgow from the Celts to Celtic by the controversial Scottish historian and biographer of Edinburgh.
About the Author
Michael Fry is a highly regarded author and journalist, and regular contributor to the Scotsman, the Herald and the Sunday Times. He is the author of a dozen books of Scottish history, including Wild Scots, Edinburgh and The Union.
Reviews
His writing is always engaging, occasionally brilliant... there is an energy, a sense of excitement of what the next paragraph might bring, in every chapter... his essay on literature is simply brilliant' * The Herald *
Fry is excellent on, for example, the failure of the Scottish car industry, and the impacts that would have on subsidiary but essential manufacturing - from steel to textiles... It is, in some ways, more a work of polemic, with Glasgow the Patient Zero he is trying to understand: that left, right, vulgar, cultured, blootered, teetotal city' * Scotland on Sunday *
For those who like their history argumentative and strongly flavoured then [Fry's] book will provide an appetising meal, even a banquet... Over 10 chapters he explores the likes of trade, industry, religion, class and poverty with a compelling mix of wit and erudition' * The Sunday Times *
A really interesting book and well worth reading * Westender *
Fry is at home debunking myths and opening wounds... Thought-provoking' * History Scotland *
Book Information
ISBN 9781784975821
Author Michael Fry
Format Hardback
Page Count 448
Imprint Head of Zeus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC