Grand Tours of Scotland , Series 1 : The Romantic Ideal

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The Romantic Ideal: Historian Paul Murton goes in search of "the Romantic ideal" and discovers how Sir Walter Scott played a key role in reinventing Scotland. Traveling from the Trossachs out to Iona and then the fabled Isle of Staffa, Murton visits the iconic destinations that enchanted and inspired writers, artists, and early tourists with the magic of Scotland's unique history and landscape.

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