(Paperback)

The scientific 'discovery' of the rainbow is a remarkable tale that takes in ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Persia, and Islamic Spain. Rainbows have also been regarded as ominous or even dangerous in myth and religion, while the twentieth century saw their emergence as kitsch, from the musical film version of The Wizard of Oz

(Hardback)

The latest book in Birlinn's bestselling Mapping the City series, this time mapping Oxford.