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n 1793 the Witts family arrived in Edinburgh for a stay of five years. A well-to-do family they were brought to near penury brought the failure of ...
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This lively and erudite cultural history of Scotland, from the Jacobite defeat of 1745 to the death of an icon, Sir Walter Scott, in 1832, examines...
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The companion to Damn Rebel Bitches, Maggie Craig focuses on the men of the Jacobite Uprising, so often misrepresented in mainstream history.
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They were modern men: doctors and lawyers, students and teachers, shoemakers and shopkeepers, farmers, gardeners and weavers. Children of the Age o...
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With a predictable regularity the film Battle of Britain appears annually, on cue, in the TV schedules for late summer. It's Showing serves as an a...
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The year is 412 AD. The Roman legions have all withdrawn from Britannia. The cives and tribes who remain no longer have the might of Rome at their ...
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The sight, sound and smell of animals are a part of the story of every great city – and are also part of its hidden history. The royal standard of ...
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Since its completion in 1811, the Bell Rock Lighthouse has been revered as an industrial wonder of the world. The iconic tower was built on the Inc...
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Though Scotland was never successfully conquered by the Roman Empire, the lands north of Hadrian's Wall nonetheless include many Roman sites that b...
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From the world's oldest indoor loo to a theatre where spectators fill their pockets with poo, the definitive guide to the stranger side of Scotland...
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A riveting pirate tale set in the eighteenth century during the golden age of piracy in the Caribbean, perfect for fans of Emma Carroll and Jacquel...
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In the nineteenth century, Scotland was renowned as a land of misty glens, engineering innovation and inventive genius. But it was also the home of...
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Telling a story which has been described as 'one of the best kept secrets in Scottish history', Peter Pininski reveals his research on Bonnie Princ...
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The book provides an overview and analysis of the witch trials in the Scottish Borders in the 17th century. The 17th century was a time of upheaval...
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More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the...
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This book uses two small countries, Scotland and Jamaica, to trace the story of how and why Scots became involved for well over a hundred years in ...
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The Boy Scouts Association was just seven years old when war broke out in 1914\. With its members brought up with a strong ethos of duty and loyalt...
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The war was over, new technologies and fashions were springing up; it was to be the beginning of a new and prosperous era and all was to be bright ...
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Crime has always exerted a fascination over us and it continues to do so: witness the often lurid headlines which can be found in every newspaper, ...
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It is easy to believe that the only part that Britain's railways played in the First World War was to carry the soldiers to the ships that would ta...
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Britain has its fair share of unsolved murders. Crimes that have both fascinated and horrified in equal measure, with many as baffling today as the...
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The British History Encycopedia is a rich visual representation of history in which text and illustration combine to create a real sense of how lif...
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Classic Scottish recipes - over 200 - with game, lamb, bread, soups, fish, barley and porridge, with nutritional advice and details on how to cook ...
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In 1706 19-year-old Mary Channing was convicted of poisoning her husband and became the last woman to be burned at the stake in Dorset. Despite her...
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