
10 books to read about the Scottish Isles
A guide for senior travellers preparing for a tour of the islands
Why read books about the Scottish Isles before travelling there?
This is recommended list of books for mature & senior travellers planning to travel to the Scottish Isles either as part of an Odyssey Tour or individually. We actively encourage our tour participants to read about their destination to get a sense of the place, its history and culture before their visit.
Here are Odyssey Traveller’s 10 recommended books about the Scottish Isles:
The Island Nurse
The Furrow Behind Me: The Autobiography of a Hebridean Crofter
Island Wife: living on the edge of the wild
Highland Hermit: Volume 1
The Hebrides: By the presenter of BBC TV's Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands
Standing Stones
The Scottish Islands: A Comprehensive Guide to Every Scottish Island
The Ancient Paths: Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic Europe
The Celtic Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends
The Sea Kingdoms: The History of Celtic Britain and Ireland
Read more about Scotland and the Scottish Isles
If you’re interested in learning more about Scotland, we have further educative articles:
- Scottish Isles
- Birth of Scotland
- Questions about Scotland
- Peat & Scotland
- Shetland Islands Discovered
- Questions about the Outer Hebrides
- Visiting Scotland
- Scotland & Scotch Whisky
- Visiting Edinburgh places to consider visiting
- Country Spotlight; Scotland
- Nelson Mandela Place; a Glasgow story
- Glasgow’s Architectural heritage
- Stone circles
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