Scottish Landscape: Sunset Song, Ayrshire Idylls, The House with the Green Shutters

Lewis Grassic Gibbon · Neil Munro · George Douglas Brown

Nov 2014 · Scottish Lost Treasures Book 22 · Palimpsest Book Production Limited

About this ebook

A Scottish lost treasures collection of three classic Scottish historical novels, each set in a beautifully described landscape. Bundled by subject matter rather than author, the books create a compelling trilogy. "Palimpsest's eClassics series, Scottish Lost Treasures, shows us how much poorer Britain's cultural heritage would be without Scottish writers ... The best example I've seen of how curation and presentation can bring old books to new audiences" - The Observer "This strikes me as a fantastic venture, and one I hope will expand further" - Professor Willy Maley, University of Glasgow, Scotland on Sunday

About the author

Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901-1935) was born James Leslie Mitchell on the north east coast of Scotland. He began working as a journalist before joining the Army and subsequently the RAF. He married and settled in Welwyn Garden City where he became a full-time writer. Between 1929 and his death from peritonitis in 1935, Mitchell produced a number of short stories and essays along with seven novels, the trilogy making up A Scots Quair (Sunset Song, Cloud Howe and Grey Granite) being the best-known of his works. Neil Munro (1863-1930) was a Scottish journalist, author and newspaper editor, best known for his humorous works, especially the Vital Spark and Para Handy stories. Born in Inveraray, he moved to Glasgow where he combined working as a journalist with his novel writing. Many of his works are historical novels with a Highland setting exploring bloody unrest and the Jacobite rising. George Douglas Brown (1869-1902) was born in Ayrshire and educated at Glasgow University and Oxford before moving to London to embark upon a career in journalism. He was published in Blackwood's Magazine and in 1899 published a novel called Love and a Sword under a pseudonym. In 1901 his second novel, The House with the Green Shutters, was published under his own name.