Hebrides [Idioma Inglés] - Hardcover

The landscape of the Outer Hebrides, with its savage seas, lonely villages and breathtaking beaches, has become a definitive character in Peter May's Lewis trilogy. In Hebrides readers will accompany him on an odyssey in prose and photography. Beginning with the emergence of ancient rock that forms the spine of the islands, Peter May maps out their geological uniqueness and shows how it has shaped life on the islands. From early settlers who erected stone circles, to Viking wanderers; from locals dispossessed by the Clearances, to the weavers who established Harris Tweed. AS the weather has carved out the land and sea of their world, so the inhabitants and their cultures are rooted in rock, peat and wide horizons; adapting to mercurial climate and capricious government. Travelling as if alongside his protagonist Fin Macleod, Peter May describes the islander life, as bewitching as it is treacherous: isolated from the mainland, divided into Protestant north and Catholic south, cleaving to the Sabbath and the Gaelic tongue. The bird-hunters of Sula Sgeir and their rite of passage on that grim venture would inspire The Blackhouse; stories of orphan 'homers' relocated from the mainland became the heart of The Lewis Man; The Chessmen, in turn, depicted the age-old antipathy between landowners and islanders. Each memory of his journey is recaptured in specially commissioned, spectacular photographs, even as extracts from the trilogy are brought to life. Opening an eye to the most extraordinary remote corner of the British Isles, this beautiful book places his writing and characters within the land that gave them form. It is both a tangible memento for those who know the Hebrides, and an irresistible introduction to anyone yet to discover this place that is like no other on Earth.