{"product_id":"9781846974809","title":"An Orkney Tapestry","description":"Author: Linden Bicket\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781846974809\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Birlinn\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA unique look at Orkney through a poet's eye, An Orkney Tapestry is a celebration of its people, language and place. It is not written as a continuous historical narrative but as a pattern of history, legend and folklore. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Sylvia Wishart  a fellow Orcadian  they show what has been won and lost in Orkney over the centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters discuss modern Orkney; Rackwick: the development and decline of an island community, a microcosm of Orkney life; Vikings: a study of three great Vikings: Earl Sigurd; Said Magnus and Martyr, and Earl Rognvald the Crusader; Poets: a ballad maker and Robert Rendall, an Orkney poet; Midwinter Music and Midsummer Music: two chapters on folklore and communal art and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46857113534622,"sku":"ADS-9781846974809","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781846974809.jpg?v=1779154844","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781846974809","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}