These Northern Shores

THESE NORTHERN SHORES is a collection of short articles about the long, varied history of the Shetland Isles. Among the many subjects covered are Shetland in the First World War, the building of Fort Charlotte in Lerwick, Earl Patrick Stewart and the building of Scalloway Castle, John Gow the Orkney Pirate, Shetlanders and the Press Gang, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson in 19th Century Shetland, a history of whaling in Shetland and the story of Christian Salvesen & Co, the mining of Lerwick harbour during the First World War, a history of the North Boats in Orkney and Shetland, the sinking of the New Sevilla, the life and death of Lord Kitchener and the terrorist bombing of Sullom Voe in May 1981.The collection covers a wide range of subjects but all connected to the Northern Isles of Scotland and, in most cases, with a strong connection to the sea.