- Civilization, Enlightenment, Foreign countries, Intellectual life
"Mention of Scotland and the Scots usually conjures up images of kilts, bagpipes, Scotch whisky, and golf.
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Earnest, classical in form, warm and epic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Arthur Herman
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 392
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press, Crown Business, Crown Publishers
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780609606353
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“Just as the German Reformation was largely the work of a single individual, Martin Luther, so the Scottish Reformation was the achievement of one man of heroic will and tireless energy: John Knox.”
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