Author: CAMMELL CHARLES RICHARD
Title: Heart of Scotland a Memoir
Description: London, Robert Hale. 1956, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. sequel to Castles in the Air . Autobiography and memoir of famous Scottish creative personalities of the first half of the Twentieth Century. Cammell knew Aleister Crowley well and there is a short reference to him here. Cammell knew many of the foremost Scots poets, writers, artists etc of the day and recounts them. Red cloth, closed edges browned VG, DW rubbed to edges, chipped to spine ends and corners, not price clipped. 253pp + plates. Here is a personal record of the intellectual life of the city at a period when many famous men of letters, scholars and artists, were still living there: a period of large importance in the cultural history of Scotland. This was the twilight of the Grand Age of the Northern Athens, and these men, with whom the author lived intimately and about whom he, as no other living man, is in a position to write with authority, may be called "the last of the Athenians". He has here drawn their portraits, vigorous and vital, for posterity. Alongside he has painted portraits from the Highlands, of scholars of Gaelic lore, and master of the "Great Music" of the Highland pipes. Very Good/Good.

Keywords: Scotland Scottish Art Literature Twentieth Century Aleister Crowley Castles in the Air Biography Cammell


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