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  • February 11, 2015 at 3:29 am #86683
    darla
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    I’m I Wisconsin, not Scotland, but have read almost all of the Hamish Macbeth books and also her Agatha Raisin series. Really enjoyed them. They are very descriptive. Makes me want to see for myself. :) I guess for now I’ll just live vicariously through my reading. :)

    Darla

    February 10, 2015 at 7:13 pm #86682
    gavin
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    Hi Duke,

    I’m not really the one best placed to help on this one as I haven’t read any of the books and didn’t see the TV series adaptation that the BBC did of Hamish McBeth either. I had a quick look at the wiki page for Hamish McBeth and it seems that the author was not too happy about the tv series of her books. That doesn’t surprise me though as that happens a lot with books going over to fil and tv I would argue.

    I take it that the characters in the book are crofters and live the crofting lifestyle? If so that is very far away from the majority of Scotland now but many families and communites do still live that life in rural areas of Scotland, and good on them if they can make it pay I say!

    A link for you about crofting Duke if you are interested. http://www.crofting.scotland.gov.uk/

    And yes, without having read the books I would agree with you that the descriptions of the land would be grand!

    Gavin

    February 10, 2015 at 2:58 am #10937
    dukenukem
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    Gavin and others living in Scotland –
    I am a fan of the Hamish Macbeth mysteries by MC Beaton. How is she received in Scotland? Are her characters the least bit believable or are they all stereotypes? I find the descriptions of the land grand.

    Duke

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