Andrew Marr's Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation

Andrew Marr's Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation

Andrew Marr's Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation

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Andrew Marr's Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation

2014- 2014

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Andrew Marr explores the lives and works of the Scottish writers who helped define a national identity over the last three centuries.

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