Shetland Life Under Earl Patrick by Gordon Donaldson
 
This book gives a unique picture of life in Shetland during the early years of the seventeenth century when the islands were ruled by Patrick Stewart, Earl of Orkney. Concentrated treatment of a single area at one brief period of time has made it possible to provide an unusually detailed and vivid description of the entire economy of Shetland-the products of the land and sea, and the shelter, food and clothing of the people.
At many points comparisons and contrasts are made between conditions in Shetland then and conditions today, and many parallels are noted between the life and institutions of Shetland and those of the Scandinavian countries, the Faeroes and Iceland.