Scotch on the rocks - the illustrated true story of Whisky Galore
Pocketbok. Lang Syne. 1988. 56 sidor.
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Sammanfattning:
”Visitors from all corners of the globe descend each year on the romantic Western Isles of Scotland chasing folklore, faery legends, stirring tales of viking invaders, clansmen, and spirits of the Celtic twilight.
In the southern islands of Barra, Eriskay and the Uists, another "legend" of more recent times is uppermost in their minds Galore!" the hilarious yarns surrounding "Whisky
For it was on and around these shores that Sir Compton Mackenzie based his famous fictional comedy about a cargo of whisky running aground during the Second World War just at a time when Scotland's most famous product was in desperately short supply.
But the REAL story has never been told until now.
The facts surrounding the wartime voyage of the 8,000 ton "S.S. Politician" and its collision with rocks in thick fog and a Force 9 gale are still officially classified as secret.
Just where did thousands of bottles of whisky listed in the ship's cargo load disappear to? Why was there a fortune in banknotes on board and where were they being sent? What was the Royal connection? And the Nazi link?
Leading Scots journalist Gerry Burke has investigated the strange affair and in these pages proves that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.”
