It was also the final novel of a trilogy of the history of the Northlands, the other novels being Sun Circle (1933) on the Viking invasions of the 9th century and Butcher's Broom (1934) on the Clearances. In 1941 Gunn's epic novel about the fishing boom of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, The Silver Darlings, was widely acclaimed as a modern classic and considered the finest balance between concrete action and metaphysical speculation achieved by any British writer in the 20th century. The turning point in Gunn's career, however, came in 1937, when he won the prestigious James Tait Black Memorial prize for his deeply thought-provoking Highland River, a quasi autobiographical novel written in the third person, in which the main protagonist's life is made analogous to a Highland river and the search for its source. His second novel, Morning Tide (1931), an idyll of a Highland childhood, won a Book Society award and the praise of the well known literary and public figure, John Buchan. His first novel, The Grey Coast (1926), a novel in the realist tradition and set in Caithness in the 1920's, occupied an important position in the literary movement known as the Scottish Renaissance. Before voluntary retirement from Government service in 1937 to become a full-time writer, he had embarked on a literary career with considerable success. In 1911 he entered the Civil Service and spent some time in both London and Edinburgh before returning to the North as a customs and excise officer based (after a short spell in Caithness) in Inverness. Although nearly all his 20 novels are set in the Highlands of Scotland, he is not a regional author in the narrow sense of that description his novels reflect a search for meaning in troubled times, both past and present, a search that leads him into the realms of philosophy, archaeology, folk tradition and metaphysical speculation.īorn in the coastal village of Dunbeath, Caithness, the son of a successful fishing boat skipper, Gunn was educated at the local village primary school and privately in Galloway. You will need a copy of the Warcry: Core Book to use the contents of this expansion box.Neil Gunn, one of Scotland's most prolific and distinguished novelists, wrote over a period that spanned the Recession, the political crises of the 1920's and 1930's, and the Second World War and its aftermath. Whether you're jumping into Warcry for the first time or expanding on your existing collection, Bloodhunt will have you playing skirmish battles between these two awesome warbands in a disturbing and deadly landscape. – 18x warband cards, including 2x ability cards, 3x divider cards, 7x fighter cards for the Askurgan Trueblades, and 6x fighter cards for the Claws of Karanak – 30x battleplan cards, including 12x terrain cards, 6x deployment cards, 6x victory cards, and 6x twist cards – A double-sided 22" x 30" folding gaming board, depicting two perilous jungle floors – Gnarlwood Scenery – 10 pieces of plastic terrain, fully compatible with existing Gnarlwood scenery kits, including 2x Fortified Gnarloaks with ladders, 2x Fortified Platforms, 2x Rope Bridges, and 5x Obstacles such as shattered ruins, palisades, bones, and broken posts These multipart plastic miniatures include 1x Packlord, 1x Hound of Wrath, 2x Brutalisers, and 4x Blood Whelps, armed with a variety of weapons – Claws of Karanak – Eight Khornate warriors are who utterly relentless when running down their chosen prey. These multipart plastic miniatures include 1x Askurgan Exemplar, 2x Askurgan Ascetics, 1x Curseblood, 1x Askurgan Pariah, and 3x Askurgan Acolytes, armed with a variety of weapons – Askurgan Trueblades – Eight undead warrior-monks who pride themselves on their ability to restrain their monstrous instincts. – 64-page softcover Warband Tome: Predator and Prey – with background, artwork, rules, quests, and campaigns for both of the two warbands in the box
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