{"product_id":"storms-edge-life-death-magic-in-the-islands-of-orkney","title":"Storm's Edge Life : Death and Magic in the Islands of Orkney","description":"'A surprising page-turner, full of humour and startling details' THE TIMES'If I read a better history this year, I will be lucky' TOM HOLLAND'An astonishing tour de force' SPECTATOR\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Peter Marshall, winner of the Wolfson Prize 2018, Storm's Edge is a new history of the Orkney Islands that delves deep into island politics, folk beliefs and community memory on the geographical edge of Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Marshall was born in Orkney. His ancestors were farmers and farm labourers on the northern island of Sanday - where, in 1624, one of them was murdered by a witch. In an expansive and enthralling historical account, Marshall looks afresh at a small group of islands that has been treated as a mere footnote, remote and peripheral, and in doing so invites us to think differently about key events of British history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith Orkney as our point of departure, Marshall traverses three dramatic centuries of religious, political and economic upheaval: a time when what we think of as modern Scotland, and then modern Britain, was being forged and tested.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStorm's Edge is a magisterial history, a fascinating cultural study and a mighty attestation to the importance of placing the periphery at the centre. Britain is a nation composed of many different islands, but too often we focus on just one. This book offers a radical alternative, encouraging us to reorient the map and travel with Peter Marshall through landscapes of forgotten history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Storm's Edge: Life, Death \u0026 Magic in the Islands of Orkney","offer_id":44389872107717,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Storm_s_20Edge.jpg?v=1736975339","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/storms-edge-life-death-magic-in-the-islands-of-orkney","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}