Northern Isles - Orkney and Shetland

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.