The island groups of Orkney and Shetland are unique and glorious outposts which have as much in common with the Nordic countries as they have with Northern Scotland. For many centuries they were vital stopping points for anyone journeying across the North Sea and their history and archaeology have recorded the influences that were carried to and fro. Here are books on their hardy but immensely hospitable people, their music, culture and language, their stone monuments and their prehistoric villages.
An Orkney Boyhood
Between the Wind and the Water
Isles Of The North
Orkney
Orkney
Orkney from Old Photographs
Orkney Pictures and Poems
Orkney Spirit
Orkney's Italian Chapel
Orkney: A Historical Guide
Papa Westray
Shetland
Shetland
Shetland Diaries
The History of Orkney Literature
The Islands of Orkney
Liv Kjorsvik Schei
One of the best descriptions of these lovely islands, now in a second edition.
The New History of Orkney
William P L Thompson
The definitive history of the Orkney Isles. Now in a long awaited second edition.
The Shetland Isles