David Stevenson war ein schottischer Ingenieur, der für den Entwurf von über 30 Leuchttürmen in ganz Schottland bekannt wurde. Er setzte die von seinem Vater gegründete Familientradition im Leuchtturmbau fort. Stevensons Vermächtnis liegt in seiner umfangreichen Arbeit, die die maritime Sicherheit verbesserte und unauslöschliche Spuren an der schottischen Küste hinterließ.
Der renommierte Historiker David Stevenson erläutert die Ereignisse in ihrer Gesamtheit, vom Ausbruch der Gewalt und ihrer Eskalation bis zum Kriegsende und den Nachwirkungen. Strategie, Politik und Geheimdiplomatie sind ebenso Thema wie das Leiden der Zivilbevölkerung. Zwanzig Jahre Forschungsarbeit flossen in das Werk ein, zu dessen großen Stärken die Betrachtung aller Kriegsschauplätze von Frankreich über die Isonzo-Front bis nach Palästina zählt.
Exchange traded funds (EFTs) are huge business in the US, forcing the traditional mutual funds sector on to the back foot. This revolution is now starting here in the UK, with a concerted market push by the index fund providers. This book addresses the ETF the revolution, explaining how to run a modern portfolio.
Rob Roy (Robert MacGregor, 1671 - 1734) bears a name that is well known through the heroic images created for him by tradition, by Sir Walter Scott and by Hollywood.In this biography David Stevenson strips away the myth and challenges many long-held assumptions about Rob. The picture that emerges is one of a remarkable life - but not a heroic one. The image of a man deeply wronged and forced into outlawry has to be modified by the evidence that he was only outlawed after formulating a plan to swindle his creditors. The staunch Jacobite is revealed as a man who supplied intelligence to the government against those he had supported. The supposed warrior leader never fought in a battle. The reputed great duellist avoided violence whenever possible and is only known to have fought one duel - which he lost.Yet Rob remains an attractive figure. That he survived, in spite of the odds against him, is a remarkable tribute to his tenacity of both body and spirit, and to his ability to make people like and trust him. With this book Scotland may lose a hero of the old-fashioned, unreal sort, but it possesses in Rob Roy a man whose true life-story as it emerges is dramatic and human.
