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This is the story of a fascinating life lived fast, shedding new light on Robert Burns's beliefs, politics, social interactions and the great contradiction between this deeply moral man and his notoriously libertarian lifestyle.

Through many centuries, Orkney’s churches have been the theatre in which the great dramas of Orkney’s history have been played out.

Now available as a paperback and as an e-book, Harry Ried's bestselling and critically acclaimed history of the Reformation.