{"product_id":"9780008394424","title":"Storm’s Edge : Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of Orkney","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Marshall, Peter \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eOrkney Islands\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 10 April 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (William Collins) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 560 pages\u003cbr\u003e199 x 129 x 41 | 512g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A surprising page-turner, full of humour and startling details' THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'If I read a better history this year, I will be lucky' TOM HOLLAND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'An astonishing tour de force’ SPECTATOR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Longlisted for the 2024 Highland Book Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  From Peter Marshall, winner of the 2018 Wolfson Prize, 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\u003e Peter 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\u003e With 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\u003e Storm'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":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55106265121143,"sku":"9780008394424","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780008394424.jpg?v=1744130688","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9780008394424","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}