1314 Bannockburn illuminated how historically significant this battle was to the structure of Scottish history. Through recent scholarships and st...

A Buchan Companion By Paul Webb.  A Guide to the Novels and Short Stories is a book of Literary criticism of stories by Scottish author John Buchan...

All of these have been created by a Scotsperson, although not all will appear on a tea towel listing great Scottish inventions.*Scotland is as old ...

The folklore of the north-east has provided a rich tapestry for the tales within; from Celtic and Pictish origins meet witches, selkies, smugglers,...

Glasgow has one of the bloodiest and most tumultuous histories on record, riddled with plagues and pirate attacks, religious divides and reconcilia...

Clan Donald's Greatest Defeat: The Battle of Harlaw by John Sadler One of the bloodiest battles in Scottish history and a devastating defeat for Cl...

  Clan Donald's Greatest Defeat : The Battle of Harlaw 1411 by John Sadler (Author) One of the bloodiest battles in Scottish history and a devasta...

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...

With the country's oldest university and the ruins of both a magnificent castle and one of the grandest cathedrals of medieval Europe, St Andrews i...

King and Outlaw: The Real Robert the Bruce by Chris Brown The real historical personality behind the new Netflix blockbuster movie Outlaw King is r...

From the early settlers after the last Ice Age, and the myth and ritual that surrounds that prehistoric period, Fiona Watson charts the evolution o...

This lively and entertaining collection of folk tales from the Scottish Borders is rich in stories both tall and true, ancient and more recent, dar...

THIS fully revised and updated fourth edition of Scottish Genealogy is a comprehensive guide to tracing your family history in Scotland. Written by...

In September 2014, a referendum will be held in Scotland to decide whether or not Scotland should become independent and cease to be part of Great ...

Andrew Grant Forsyth’s photographs show the changing locomotive scene throughout Scotland after the nationalisation of the railways in 1948. Forsy...

This enchanting collection of stories gathers together legends from across Scotland in one special volume. Drawn from The History Press' popular Fo...

  The Black Watch Regimental Archives contain many thousands of photographs graphically illustrating the history of this famous Highland regiment ...

Arthur led the Britons to the brink of victory but was cut down by treachery and betrayal. Arthurian legends have since been corrupted, leading to ...

Places and books like Rosslyn Chapel and The Da Vinci code have focused attention on Scotland's Knights Templar. Who they were and what they did ha...

  The Knights Templar and Scotland by Robert Ferguson (Author) Places and books like Rosslyn Chapel and The Da Vinci Code have focused attention ...

All civilisations have faced the challenges of trading by sea: storms, bad weather, and the hazards of cliffs and other natural landmarks that thre...

he castle is an evocative structure, no matter its setting, and this is no truer than in Scotland, where the multitude of castles reflect the count...