List of Black and White Illustrations; List of Colour illustrations; Introduction to the Organisation; List of Patrons; Chronology; Early Campbell Relationships; Comparative Table of Genealogies; Introduction and Acknowledgements; Maps 1.
Alastair Campbell of Airds was, until 2001, Council Member of the National Trust for Scotland, and between 1996 and 2001 held an honorary Research Fellowship at the University of Aberdeen. He is Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Tartan to the Lord Lyon.
This splendid volume ! is based on privileged access to the Argyll manuscripts and a deep knowledge of family and local history ! Alastair Campbell has a good eye for colour, weaving into his narrative wonderful tales that are part history and part myth!one can only look forward [to] the next part of this finely written and beautifully produced history. Times Literary Supplement On one level this is an interesting, well-written narrative of the early history of the clan ... for the more scholarly reader, this book presents a great deal beyond the narrative history, which is as engaging and supported by the sources as one could wish. -- Darlene M. Hall, Lake Erie College Scotia This splendid volume ! is based on privileged access to the Argyll manuscripts and a deep knowledge of family and local history ! Alastair Campbell has a good eye for colour, weaving into his narrative wonderful tales that are part history and part myth!one can only look forward [to] the next part of this finely written and beautifully produced history. On one level this is an interesting, well-written narrative of the early history of the clan ... for the more scholarly reader, this book presents a great deal beyond the narrative history, which is as engaging and supported by the sources as one could wish.
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