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Discover all the foul facts about the history of the highlands with history's most horrible headlines: Scottish edition.The master of making histo...
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Monuments are all around us. We walk or drive past them every day, yet we are often only vaguely aware of their existence. They are in cemeteries a...
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100 beautiful places in Scotland to walk, eat and sleep Peter Irvine, bestselling author of SCOTLAND THE BEST,has selected 100 extraordinary places...
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By 1820 Britain controlled a fifth of the world's population, and no people had made a more essential contribution than the Scots - working across ...
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Scotland's Foreshore' tells the story of the battle that took place during the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century between the ...
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Who was St Columba? Why was Mary, Queen of Scots executed? When were the Jacobite risings? Where was the new Scottish Parliament built? Scotland's...
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Who was Merlin? Is the famous wizard of Arthurian legend based on a real person? In this book, Merlin's origins are traced back to the story of La...
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SCOTLANDS UNTOLD STORIES a mass of chapters of forgotten History and quirky stories....Jack the Ripper 1888 in Pittenweem?, the Moor Murderers in ...
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Photography by Guthrie Hutton
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An updated edition of this classic and much-loved work on Scotland that brings the story right up to date, with a new added chapter by Magnus Linkl...
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From the Ice Age to the Scottish Referendum, historian and author Alistair Moffat explores the history of the Scottish nation. As well as focusing ...
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Scotland's past is too often seen through a film of myths and misconceptions. In this Very Short Introduction, Rab Houston explores the key themes ...
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This book takes a unique perspective on dramatic national events as well as ordinary life, as experienced by women down the centuries. From the sai...
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A new revised and updated edition of this well known and successful publication. Scotland as a nation has always been under test. It has always don...
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Scotland's history is wide and vast. Depending on the lens applied, it can be seen as an unrelenting tale of oppression and poverty or a glowing ro...
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His name and image are everywhere - from Bank of Scotland fivers to the bizarre monument in Edinburgh's city centre. Scott-land presumes that the r...
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Scottish history has been shaped and defined by a series of great battles. John Sadler gives the first full military history of Scotland for many ...
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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...
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A pocket-sized guide to nearly 140 of Scotland’s most dramatic castles and strongholds, all of which are open to the public. Historical background...
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Scottish clans and tartans is a popular topic with both Scottish natives and with the millions of people across the world who have ancestral connec...
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Over 70 tales from the annals of the Killing Times when Bonnie Dundee carried out King Charles II s edict by hunting down and persecuting the Coven...
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Customs play an important part in all societies and offer fascinating insights into a country's history and culture. Scotland boasts a multitude of...
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Scottish Highland Railways describes eight great journeys by rail through northern Scotland, detailing the history of the lines while travelling al...
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From prehistoric Scotland to the Brexit referendum, this pocket-sized book covers all of the main events in Scottish history. A concise and excell...
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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 ...
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The law comes from, and runs through, society at all levels. It regulates human interactions and touches individuals at key moments in their lives....
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This is a fascinating acount of the 15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiment. They played a key role in the liberation of Europe and the Regiment was ...
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Seafaring was and continues to be of importance to island nations. This book shows the records and important dates of many events from the scottish...
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Proverbs, once described as 'the wisdom of many and the wit of one', offer unique insights the way of life and the social mores of past generations...
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The lives of the Scottish queens, both those who ruled in their own right, and also the consorts, have largely been obscured and neglected. Rosalin...
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Photography by David Dunn
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Thomas Glover arrived in Nagasaki in 1859, just as Japan was opening to the West. Within a few years he had played a crucial part in the overthrow ...
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Andrew Grant Forsyth’s photographs show the changing locomotive scene throughout Scotland after the nationalisation of the railways in 1948. Forsy...
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The history of Peebles spans nine centuries, so it is inevitable that there is a wealth of history in which to delve for nuggets of interest. David...
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Since 1975 much new archaeological evidence has come to light to illuminate the immense undertaking of Septimius Severus campaigns in Scotland, all...
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The Neolithic village known as Skara Brae was continuously occupied for about 300 to 400 years, before being abandoned around 2500 BC. Despite seve...
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Through most of eight hundred years, Somerled of Argyll has been variously denounced as an intractable rebel against his rightful king and esteemed...
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A brilliant book filled with images by John Hooper
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St Andrews History Tour is a unique insight into the extensive history of this beautiful town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. Local author H...
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A very popular book by a popular local author, Leonard Low. St. Andrews Untold Stories has tales of history & people in the famous Fife town an...
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The gallant rearguard action which led to the capture of the 51st Highland Division at St Valéry-en-Caux (two weeks after the famous evacuation of...
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The volcanic crag that dominates Stirling was probably fortified from ancient times, but the importance of Stirling Castle as a royal residence ...
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Having been granted city status during the Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2002, Stirling is Scotland’s smallest city, but has an enthralling wealt...
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Neal Ascherson is one of Britain's finest writers in an undefinable genre that fuses history, memoir, politics and meditations on places. His books...
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On a hillside near Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands in May 1752 a rider is assassinated by a gunman. The murdered man is Colin Campbell, a g...
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The range and variety of British railway stations is truly astonishing; from the tiny wayside halt made of corrugated iron to the magnificent stone...
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“We have been”, is the proud motto of the Bruces, whose most famous son was the great warrior king Robert the Bruce, who achieved a glorious and de...
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