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Discover history at your finger tips. While historical fiction allows you to take in the grand sweep of history through the lens of an intimate story, there’s so much that the genre leaves out. The true scale of the passing of time is, more often than not, best addressed in by the greatest of our history writers. We don’t need contrived plots or imagined dialogues between the Greats of our history in order to really delve into the past – all we need is a gifted writer who knows how to breathe life into history through their prose.

 Thankfully, we have all that and more! As one of the larger sections here at East Neuk Books, we pride ourselves in carrying a large stock of history books ranging through all major periods of our nation’s past. Are you looking to do some research on the great clans of old? A great number of our books will help you do just that. Searching for glimpses into Scottish history before and after the Unification with England? No problem! Hoping for a deep dive into the personalities and histories of larger-than-life figures like Robert the Bruce of Mary, Queen of Scots? If so, you’ve come to the right place.

 We live and breathe Scottish history at East Neuk Books, and nothing makes us happier than helping locals rediscover their past. They say that you can’t know the future without knowing the past, and that has never been easier with the flood of great writers and academics doing create research and writing on all periods of our history.

 

So no matter if you’re looking for a glimpse into a particular decade or a brisk tour of the north’s great history, it’s never been simpler to find great volumes or buy history books online. This weekend, curl up with your next fantastic read and get to know the major figures of our history!

A history of Fife from the earliest times to the present day, written by Gordon Brown and Alistair Moffat.
A history of Fife from the earliest times to the present day, written by Gordon Brown and Alistair Moffat.
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A history of Fife from the earliest times to the present day, written by Gordon Brown and Alistair Moffat.

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A history of Fife from the earliest times to the present day, written by Gordon Brown and Alistair Moffat. Learn about the fascinating history of F...

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Old Crail by Eric Eunson - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Old Crail by Eric Eunson

Stenlake Publishing

Potted history and annotated old photographs of this East Neuk town. Among the photographs featured are Rose Wynd, the harbour, Shoregate, Castle W...

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Wheels Around St. Andrews and North Fife - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Wheels Around St. Andrews and North Fife

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This companion volume to the recent Wheels around Kirkcaldy and East Fife and the earlier Wheels around Dunfermline and West Fife completes Alan Br...

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The Lowdown on Witches by Leonard Low
The Lowdown on Witches by Leonard Low
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The Lowdown on Witches by Leonard Low

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The new book about Scottish witches by Leonard Low, author of The Weem Witch.  Leonard Low was born in Upper Largo 1967. He has a passion for the m...

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Old Pittenweem by Eric Eunson - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Old Pittenweem by Eric Eunson

Stenlake Publishing

Wonderful book featuring local history by a local author.

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Salt-sprayed burgh: a view of Ansthruther - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Salt-sprayed burgh: a view of Ansthruther

Pinetree Press

This is an excellent condition paperback book by Forbes Macgregor from 1998 covering topics such as Picts, Culdees, Calvinists and Witchcraft in th...

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The Fife Coast : From the Forth Bridges to Leuchars by the Castles Coast and the East Neuk - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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The Fife Coast : From the Forth Bridges to Leuchars by the Castles Coast and the East Neuk

Mainstream Publishing

The Fife Coast has long been a popular area for walkers. Hamish Brown, writer, traveller and climber, has compiled a fascinating book of walks whic...

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Recollections of East Fife Fisher-folk - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Recollections of East Fife Fisher-folk

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During the early part of the 20th century, fishing still formed one of the main industries in the famous corner of Fife. Belle Patrick spent her fi...

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Portrait of the East Neuk by Lorn Mackintyre & Peter Adamson - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Portrait of the East Neuk by Lorn Mackintyre & Peter Adamson

Alvie Publications

Wonderful coffee table style book of colour photographs by Fife photographer Peter Adamson and St Andrews author Lorn Mackintyre

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Where the Clock Stands Still: The East Neuk of Fife - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Where the Clock Stands Still: The East Neuk of Fife

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  The East Neuk of Fife is situated in a quiet, rather inaccessible corner of Scotland projecting out into the North Sea. Life in the area is centr...

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Witchcraft and Trials for Witchcraft in Fife - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Witchcraft and Trials for Witchcraft in Fife

Beston Press

  This unusual book, documenting the trials for witchcraft conducted in Fife, one of the regions worst affected by the fear of witchcraft. This boo...

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Graveyards and Cemeteries of Fife
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Graveyards and Cemeteries of Fife

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The burial grounds, graveyards and cemeteries of Fife contain many fascinating historical tales, often with interesting superstitions attached. All...

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Old Kilconquhar and Colinsburgh by Eric Eunson
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Old Kilconquhar and Colinsburgh by Eric Eunson

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Old photographs of Kilconquhar and Colinsburgh collected by Eric Eunson including the Town Hall, Churches, War Memorial, Balcarres House, Pitcorthi...

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The Leven & East of Fife Railway
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The Leven & East of Fife Railway

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Oakwood Press gloss card covered book with square bound spine. OL149 in the Oakwood library of railway history. Continuing Andrew Hajducki's histor...

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The East of Fife Central Railway: The Lochty Line
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The East of Fife Central Railway: The Lochty Line

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Oakwood Press gloss card covered book with square bound spine. OL149 in the Oakwood library of railway history. Continuing Andrew Hajducki's histor...

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The Anstruther and St. Andrews Railway
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The Anstruther and St. Andrews Railway

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Oakwood Press gloss card covered book with square bound spine. OL149 in the Oakwood library of railway history. Continuing Andrew Hajducki's histor...

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Fife Folk Tales by Sheila Kinninmonth - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Fife Folk Tales by Sheila Kinninmonth

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Storyteller Sheila Kinninmonth brings together stories from the coastal fishing villages, rushing rivers, magical green farmland and rolling hills ...

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Fife Coastal Path by Sandra Bardwell - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Fife Coastal Path by Sandra Bardwell

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The Fife Coastal Path runs around the coastline of eastern Scotland for 117 miles (187 km) from Kincardine on the Forth to Newburgh on the Tay. Sta...

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Exploring The Fife Coastal Path - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Exploring The Fife Coastal Path

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This is the ideal guide to the whole route, so rich in history and natural beauty. Designed to be used by walkers on the Path or visitors to any po...

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A Fife Parish: Dalgety in the 17th Century - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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A Fife Parish: Dalgety in the 17th Century

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Wars, witches and worship were key elements in the nation of Scotland and the local life of Dalgety Parish during the 17th Century. It was a period...

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Sacred Fife and Forth Valley by Scotland's Churches Scheme - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Sacred Fife and Forth Valley by Scotland's Churches Scheme

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The ancient Kingdom of Fife and the surrounding area play a central role in the history of the nation, from the battlefield of Bannockburn to the p...

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A History of Drinking : The Scottish Pub since 1700 - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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A History of Drinking : The Scottish Pub since 1700

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What did Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Dorothy Wordsworth, James Hogg and Robert Southey have in common? They all toured Scotland and left account...

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Anna, Countess of the Covenant - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Anna, Countess of the Covenant

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Anna, Countess of the Covenant by Mary McGrigor Lady Anna Mackenzie, daughter of Lord Seaforth, was born in 1621. Famed for her beauty, she married...

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Fife's Fishing Industry by Linda McGowan - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Fife's Fishing Industry by Linda McGowan

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Fife's Fishing Industry by Linda McGowan (Author) Fishing has always been a mainstay of Fife. The fishing industry began to develop in earnest in t...

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Fife : Pictorial and Historical; Its People, Burghs, Castles, and Mansions. Volume II - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Fife : Pictorial and Historical; Its People, Burghs, Castles, and Mansions. Volume II

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Fife : Pictorial and Historical; Its People, Burghs, Castles, and Mansions. Volume II. by Alexander Hastie Millar (Author) Part of the HISTORY OF B...

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The Witches of Fife : Witch-Hunting in a Scottish Shire, 1560-1710 - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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The Witches of Fife : Witch-Hunting in a Scottish Shire, 1560-1710

John Donald Publishers Ltd

The Witches of Fife : Witch-Hunting in a Scottish Shire, 1560-1710 by Stuart MacDonald (Author) Along the coast of Fife, in villages like Culross a...

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