Love of Country

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TheHebridesholdaremarkableplaceintheimaginationsofScotlandandEngland.OntheouteredgeoftheBritishIslesandfacingtheAtlanticOcean,theseiconicislandsformpartofEurope'sboundary.Becauseoftheiruniqueposition,theyhavebeenatthecentreofanetworkofancientshippingrouteswhichhasledtoahistoryofculturescollidingandmerging.HometoalongandrichGaelictradition,theyhaveattractedsaintsandsinners,andartistsandwriters,inspiringaweanddreadaswellasdeepattachment.
Oversixyears,MadeleineBuntingtravelledtotheHebrides,exploringtheirlandscapes,historiesandmagneticpull.Withgreatsensitivityandperceptiveness,shedelvesintothemeaningsofhomeandbelonging,whichintheseislandshavebeenfraughtwithtragedyaswellastenaciousresistance.ShefindsthattheirhistoryofdispossessionandmigrationplayedapartintheBritishimperialpast.Andperhapsmoresignificantstillistheextentoftheislands'influenceonideasofBritishness.LoveofCountryshowshowtheislands'historyisabackdropforcontemporarydebatesabouttherelationshipbetweenournations,howBritainwascreated,andwhatBritainhasmeant-forgoodandforill.