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9781472119629 1472119622 To be Scottish is to have a lot to live down, and as Allan Brown shows, they do the job superbly. Whether it be Robert Burns, indecipherable bard of rustic gibberish, or Sean Connery, die-hard advocate of a country he refuses to live in. Or, Alex Salmond, the chortling bullfrog of separatism, or Tommy Sheridan, the sexy socialist hardliner. They re all here, and many others; a veritable embassy of bad ambassadors. "50 People Who Screwed Up Scotland" is a humorous and chronologically-sequential series of essays, histories, and anecdotes that consider those episodes and occurrences in Scotland's political, cultural, and social story where, against all odds, defeat was plucked from the jaws of victory.", To be Scottish is to have a lot to live down, and as Allan Brown shows, this lot do the job superbly. Whether it be Robert Burns, indecipherable bard of rustic gibberish or Sean Connery, die-hard advocate of a country he refuses to live in. Or, Alex Salmond, the chortling bullfrog of separatism or Tommy Sheridan, the sexy socialist hardliner. They?re all here, and many others; a veritable embassy of bad ambassadors. 50 People Who Screwed Up Scotland is a humorous and chronologically-sequential series of essays, histories and anecdotes that consider those episodes and occurrences in Scotland's political, cultural and social story where, against all odds, defeat was plucked from the jaws of victory., To be Scottish is to have a lot to live down. This book offers a series of essays, histories and anecdotes that consider episodes and occurrences in Scotland's political, cultural and social story where, against all odds, defeat was plucked from the jaws of victory., To be Scottish is to hear repeatedly, in history, culture and society, the phrase 'And then it got worse.' Here, failure is a cosmic inevitability . . .
9781472119629 1472119622 To be Scottish is to have a lot to live down, and as Allan Brown shows, they do the job superbly. Whether it be Robert Burns, indecipherable bard of rustic gibberish, or Sean Connery, die-hard advocate of a country he refuses to live in. Or, Alex Salmond, the chortling bullfrog of separatism, or Tommy Sheridan, the sexy socialist hardliner. They re all here, and many others; a veritable embassy of bad ambassadors. "50 People Who Screwed Up Scotland" is a humorous and chronologically-sequential series of essays, histories, and anecdotes that consider those episodes and occurrences in Scotland's political, cultural, and social story where, against all odds, defeat was plucked from the jaws of victory.", To be Scottish is to have a lot to live down, and as Allan Brown shows, this lot do the job superbly. Whether it be Robert Burns, indecipherable bard of rustic gibberish or Sean Connery, die-hard advocate of a country he refuses to live in. Or, Alex Salmond, the chortling bullfrog of separatism or Tommy Sheridan, the sexy socialist hardliner. They?re all here, and many others; a veritable embassy of bad ambassadors. 50 People Who Screwed Up Scotland is a humorous and chronologically-sequential series of essays, histories and anecdotes that consider those episodes and occurrences in Scotland's political, cultural and social story where, against all odds, defeat was plucked from the jaws of victory., To be Scottish is to have a lot to live down. This book offers a series of essays, histories and anecdotes that consider episodes and occurrences in Scotland's political, cultural and social story where, against all odds, defeat was plucked from the jaws of victory., To be Scottish is to hear repeatedly, in history, culture and society, the phrase 'And then it got worse.' Here, failure is a cosmic inevitability . . .