A review of the literature
Not content with simply consulting the typical travelogue, we have been reading about Wagner and the Ring Cycle, about Scotland, and books by Scottish authors.

Here is our current reading list:

Wagner and/or Ring related:

Lee, M. Owen, Wagner's Ring - Turning the Sky Round, Limelight Editions, 1994

Magee, Bryan, Aspects of Wagner, Oxford University Press, 1988

Newman, Ernest, The Wagner Operas, Princeton University Press, 1991

Sabor, Rudolph, Richard Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen, a companion, Phaidon, 1997

Wagner, Richard, The Rhinegold = Das Rheingold, English National Opera Guides, John Calder Ltd, 1985

Wagner, Richard, Siegfried, English National Opera Guides, John Calder Ltd, 1984

On or about Scotland or by Scottish authors:

Bryson, Bill, Notes From a Small Island

Jardin, Quintin, Skinner's Festival

McFadden, David W., An Innocent in Scotland

Rankin, Ian, Mortal Causes

Tranter, Nigel, The Stone

Welsh, Irvine, Trainspotting
Where to get these titles:
Amazon.com
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
Festival Page
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