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Author Scott, Alastair.
Title Eccentric Wealth : The Bulloughs of Rum.
Publisher Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2011.
Copyright date ©2011.



Descript 1 online resource (425 pages)
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Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Author's Note -- Acknowledgements -- Map of Rum -- 1. Myths -- 2. Weft Fork and Slasher - James Bullough -- 3. Sin, Shame and a Prodigious Talent -- 4. Stormy Magnificence and Rude Mountains -- 5. George Comes of Age -- 6. When My Bones Are Laid to Rest -- 7. Illicit Affair and Escape -- 8. The World Tour, 1892-1895 -- Ceylon, India -- Burma -- Australia -- South Africa -- Madeira, New Zealand -- The Orient, Pacific, and United States -- 9. Rhouma -- 10. Suitable for a Princess -- 11. 'Water Cart Passed Over Head' -- 12. A Dream in Stone, Glass and Gadgets -- 13. Sexuality and Parties -- 14. Gomma and the Half-Tarpon -- 15. The Golden Age -- 16. Bare Feet and Tackety Boots -- 17. Poppies and Turf - The War Years -- 18. Rum Revisited - The Post-War Era -- 19. Deer, Fish and Fowl - Notes from the Records -- 20. A Selection from the Castle's Correspondence -- 21. Death at Château de Courcet -- 22. The Forbidden Island -- 23. On Trust, in Trust -- 24. Loose Ends -- Appendix A: Family Tree (Part of) -- Appendix B: Summary of the Lives and Relationships of Other Bullough Family Members -- Appendix C: Rum and Bullough Timeline -- Index.
ISBN 9780857900524 (electronic bk.)
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Author Scott, Alastair.
Subject Rhum, Isle of (Scotland) - History.
Descript 1 online resource (425 pages)
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Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Author's Note -- Acknowledgements -- Map of Rum -- 1. Myths -- 2. Weft Fork and Slasher - James Bullough -- 3. Sin, Shame and a Prodigious Talent -- 4. Stormy Magnificence and Rude Mountains -- 5. George Comes of Age -- 6. When My Bones Are Laid to Rest -- 7. Illicit Affair and Escape -- 8. The World Tour, 1892-1895 -- Ceylon, India -- Burma -- Australia -- South Africa -- Madeira, New Zealand -- The Orient, Pacific, and United States -- 9. Rhouma -- 10. Suitable for a Princess -- 11. 'Water Cart Passed Over Head' -- 12. A Dream in Stone, Glass and Gadgets -- 13. Sexuality and Parties -- 14. Gomma and the Half-Tarpon -- 15. The Golden Age -- 16. Bare Feet and Tackety Boots -- 17. Poppies and Turf - The War Years -- 18. Rum Revisited - The Post-War Era -- 19. Deer, Fish and Fowl - Notes from the Records -- 20. A Selection from the Castle's Correspondence -- 21. Death at Château de Courcet -- 22. The Forbidden Island -- 23. On Trust, in Trust -- 24. Loose Ends -- Appendix A: Family Tree (Part of) -- Appendix B: Summary of the Lives and Relationships of Other Bullough Family Members -- Appendix C: Rum and Bullough Timeline -- Index.
ISBN 9780857900524 (electronic bk.)
Author Scott, Alastair.
Subject Rhum, Isle of (Scotland) - History.

Subject Rhum, Isle of (Scotland) - History.
Descript 1 online resource (425 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Author's Note -- Acknowledgements -- Map of Rum -- 1. Myths -- 2. Weft Fork and Slasher - James Bullough -- 3. Sin, Shame and a Prodigious Talent -- 4. Stormy Magnificence and Rude Mountains -- 5. George Comes of Age -- 6. When My Bones Are Laid to Rest -- 7. Illicit Affair and Escape -- 8. The World Tour, 1892-1895 -- Ceylon, India -- Burma -- Australia -- South Africa -- Madeira, New Zealand -- The Orient, Pacific, and United States -- 9. Rhouma -- 10. Suitable for a Princess -- 11. 'Water Cart Passed Over Head' -- 12. A Dream in Stone, Glass and Gadgets -- 13. Sexuality and Parties -- 14. Gomma and the Half-Tarpon -- 15. The Golden Age -- 16. Bare Feet and Tackety Boots -- 17. Poppies and Turf - The War Years -- 18. Rum Revisited - The Post-War Era -- 19. Deer, Fish and Fowl - Notes from the Records -- 20. A Selection from the Castle's Correspondence -- 21. Death at Château de Courcet -- 22. The Forbidden Island -- 23. On Trust, in Trust -- 24. Loose Ends -- Appendix A: Family Tree (Part of) -- Appendix B: Summary of the Lives and Relationships of Other Bullough Family Members -- Appendix C: Rum and Bullough Timeline -- Index.
ISBN 9780857900524 (electronic bk.)

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