Eight years ago, Gavin, artistic son of an Scots/Italian ice-cream dynasty, turned his back on Glasgow and moved south to London to make his name illustrating children's books. Now, frustrated and broke, his Uncle Sal appears with an offer. Gavin's father has sold the family business and to get his share of the proceeds, Gavin must return home for his father's birthday party. Swayed by the money, he sets off north and picks up a hitchicker with a secret. Their journey is difficult but ultimately rewarding.
Es el año 1914 y Richard Hannay, ingeniero de minas que está visitando Gran Bretaña por un corto tiempo antes de regresar a Sudáfrica, se sorprende cuando uno de sus vecinos, el coronel Scudder, irrumpe en sus habitaciones una noche y le cuenta una historia de que el durmiente de Prusia Los agentes planean pre-comenzar la Primera Guerra Mundial asesinando a un ministro de Asuntos Exteriores visitante. Sin embargo, Scudder es asesinado y Hannay es incriminada por los "durmientes". Huyendo a Escocia, Hannay intenta limpiar su nombre y detener a los agentes con la ayuda de Alex Mackenzie, pero no solo es perseguido por el Jefe Supt Lomas por la muerte de Scudder, sino también por los agentes encabezados por Appleton que ha logrado esconderse un puesto de alta posición en el gobierno británico ...
In 1956 Britain staggers through crises in Suez and Cyprus while Leslie Potter pursues and marries Monica Dobbs. Twenty years later the nation has still not recovered. Neither has Leslie.
The time travellers arrive in Scotland just after the Battle of Culloden. The Second Doctor gains the trust of a small band of fleeing Jacobites by offering to tend to their wounded Laird, Colin McLaren. While Polly and the Laird's daughter, Kirsty, are away fetching water, he and the others are all captured by Redcoat troops commanded by Lieutenant Algernon Ffinch.
La prisión de Huntleigh es un auténtico paraíso para los reclusos, sobre todo para tres de ellos que incluso planean cometer un valioso robo de diamantes, sin que nadie llegue a sospechar de ellos.
Based on a novel by Nigel Tranter, The Bridal Path is a light-hearted look at the somewhat unfortunate results that can come of the continued marrying of fairly close cousins in a restricted and remote community. Set in the Hebrides off Scotland, the story tells how Ewan MacEwan leaves the isle of Eorsa in search of the perfect wife, but finally returns to marry Katie.
