Product Description

The most in-depth and authoritative history of the Clan Campbell available. Commissioned by the Clan Campbell Education Association in Louisiana, it is a full history in three volumes with a foreward by the Duke of Argyll. Fully illustrated throughout with maps and genealogies and twenty pages of plates. It includes six appendices with a full genealogical analysis of the Clan and includes an authoritative account of the Clans' tartans.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1446734 in Books
• Published on: 2000-06-15
• Released on: 2000-06-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 420 pages

Review
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.

About the Author
Alastair Campbell of Airds was employed by the Duke of Argyll as archivist at Inverary Castle and was the same year appointed Her Majesty's Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms, a member of the Court of Lord Lyon. He has published many articles on Scottish History and was in 1996 awarded an honorary research fellowship by Aberdeen University.

Customer Reviews

A History of Clan Campbell Vol.1
Alastair Campbell of Airds has made the history of the Campbell Clan a thoroughly readable mixture of fact and conjecture. A particularly interesting feature, in my opinion, is the family tree which begins with God and includes Adam, Constantine and King Arthur. Volume 1 covers the clan's origins in about 1263 through the Battle of Flodden in 1513 where many of the Campbell chiefs and their men died alongside their king, James IV. This is an outstanding reference book, a "must read" for anyone interested in Scottish history, and should be in all Campbell libraries. I look forward to Volume 2, to be published in 2002.

Excellent information.
This is an incredibly thorough early history of Clan Campbell, including its possible origins. I might suggest that any reader have some broad understanding of Scottish history before diving into this book as it's not really an "introductory" level read. But for those with some prior knowledge, this will satisfy very nicely.

Essential for any serious researcher
I recommend this book for anyone interested in researching the origins of the Campbell Clan. It is a treasure trove of information.