New Orkney Antiquarian Journal - Volume 1

Volume 1, 1999

This was the first in our occasional series of publications covering Orkney’s ancient, medieval and modern history, culture, language, literature and art, and was thought out of print until a recent discovery of a box! Take this opportunity to buy before it sells out for good.

Contributors include Ron Ferguson, Brian Smith, Denys Pringle, Peter D Anderson, Steinar Imsen, Phil Astley and Barbara Crawford.

Contents include;

- Woman Who Lived Until She Died: Marjorie Linklater, an Appreciation.

- Earl Robert and Earl Patrick in Shetland: good, bad or indifferent?

- The Houses of the Stewart Earls in Orkney and Shetland.

- Earl Patrick and his enemies.

- Public Life in Shetland and Orkney c.1300 - 1550.

- Sheriff Court Pages.

- Book Review: The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings, ed. Peter Sawyer.

- Recent Books and Papers.