Download or read book Island on the Edge of the World written by Charles Maclean and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Kilda was isolated from the mainstream of civilisation for more than 1000 years. Increased contact with the mainland led to its downfall, and by the 1930s the islanders were finally evacuated. Maclean's is the classic history of the island.