Name: The Great Tapestry of Scotland By Alistair Moffat
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The Great Tapestry of Scotland Summary

The Great Tapestry of Scotland by Alistair Moffat

The Great Tapestry of Scotland is an outstanding celebration of thousands of years of Scottish history and achievement, from the end of the last Ice Age to Dolly the Sheep and Andy Murry's Wimbledon victory of 2013. The 1000+ stitches spent a total of 55, 000 sewing hours on the 160 panels that make up this extraordinary work of art.

This book shows in full colour all the finished panels of the tapestry - one of the biggest community arts projects ever to take place in Scotland - together with descriptive and explanatory material on each panel and lists of all the stitchers involved.

The Great Tapestry of Scotland Reviews

'A real people's history that has humour and pathos, erudition and wit, and where in every panel you feel the presence and the engagement of the makers'

* BBC Radio 4, 'Museums That Make Us' *

'This remarkable teamwork has made Andrew Crummy's artistic vision a reality, and The Great Tapestry of Scotland is now a gift to the nation'

* Edinburgh Life *

'[T]he most ambitious attempt to capture the past in needle and thread since the Bayeux Tapestry ... The result is not just visually stunning but intensely moving and occasionally very funny'

* The Times *

'The beauty of this book lies in the ample space devoted to illustrating each panel of the tapestry, allowing the reader to study the detail in the crafting of each story at their leisure'

* Scottish Field *

'This sumptuous book details every single panel in rich detail, giving a real sense of the scale of the project [. . .] perfect as an introduction to this wonderful work of art, or as a reminder for anyone who has seen the exhibition'

* National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies *

'If you are unable to see the Tapestry in all its glory, this wonderful book will take you through the country's history from the Ice Age to the present day as told in the stitches of 160 panels'

* New Stitches *

About Alistair Moffat

Alistair Moffat was born in Kelso, Scotland in 1950. He is an award winning Writer, Historian and former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Director of Programmes at Scottish Television. He is the founder of Borders Book Festival and Co-Chairman of The Great Tapestry Of Scotland.

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the highly successful No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, which has sold over twenty-five million copies. Since then he has devoted his time to the writing of fiction and has seen his various series of books translated into over forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world. These include the 44 Scotland Street novels, first published as a serial novel in the Scotsman, the Isabel Dalhousie novels, the Von Igelfeld series and the Corduroy Mansions novels.

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9781780276472

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Title

The Great Tapestry of Scotland by Alistair Moffat

Author

Alistair Moffat

Condition

New

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Birlinn General

Year published

2021-07-22

Number of pages

352

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The Great Tapestry of Scotland Alistair Moffat

The Great Tapestry of Scotland by Alistair Moffat

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