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1314 Bannockburn illuminated how historically significant this battle was to the structure of Scottish history. Through recent scholarships and st...
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The “Calendar of Musselburgh witchcraft” was inspired by the recent rediscovery of the Musselburgh burgh records, which had been believed lost. The...
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One of the greatest travellers in Scotland, Martin Martin was also a native Gaelic speaker. This text offers his narrative of his journey around th...
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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 ...
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This illuminating and insightful guide offers a comprehensive overview of Scottish history, from the kingdom's genesis in the ninth century to the ...
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Scotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past. Yet the stories and figures that dominate Scottish history - t...
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It is easy to overlook how much of our history is preserved all around us - the way the narrative of bygone days has been inscribed in fields, fore...
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This illuminating and insightful guide offers a comprehensive overview of Scottish history, from the kingdom’s genesis in the ninth century to the ...
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In September 2014, the people of Scotland will decide whether - after 407 years of British rule - they want to be an independent country. Chris Bam...
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From prehistoric times to the present day this comprehensive history presents the story of Scotland in bite-size chunks. With full colour illustrat...
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Born in 1828 near Kelso in the Scottish Borders, Wyllie went to sea as an apprentice seaman in 1852 and quickly rose through the ranks. By 1862 he ...
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A Short History of Parliament is a comprehensive institutional history, not a political history of parliament, though politics is included where, a...
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to re...
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Thomas Pennant's first tour of Scotland started at Chester in 1769. Passing through Yorkshire and Durham he paid a brief visit to the Farne Island...
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The folklore of the north-east has provided a rich tapestry for the tales within; from Celtic and Pictish origins meet witches, selkies, smugglers,...
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Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year 2019 Presiding over an age of relative peace and prosperity, Alexander III represen...
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This is the story of Alexander Selkirk, Scottish mariner and adventurer, who was delighted to be rescued by passing sailors after four years alone ...
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The OS Historical Map series comprises of Ancient Britain and Roman Britain. Each archaeological period is identified using different symbols and c...
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Ardkinglas is a 45,000-acre estate in Cairndow, a beautiful area of the Highlands at the head of Loch Fyne. Sir Andrew Noble, the author's great-gr...
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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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Unlike many other small villages in the UK, Lesmahagow has many claims to fame because of its location and geological heritage and due to many of i...
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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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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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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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Glasgow has one of the bloodiest and most tumultuous histories on record, riddled with plagues and pirate attacks, religious divides and reconcilia...
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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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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 this text, the author looks behind the trivializing image of the "heav'n-taught ploughman" to uncover the intellectual context of the poet's pol...
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Calum MacLeod had lived on the northern point of Raasay since his birth in 1911. He tended the Rona lighthouse at the very tip of his little archip...
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The market town of Castle Douglas, beside Carlingwark Loch in the southern Scottish region of Dumfries and Galloway, is relatively new, though the ...
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The Celtic belief that by recording a story the spirit of the story and its teller would die, has meant that generations worth of stories of have b...
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An examination of the ways in which the fluid concept of "chivalry" has been used and appropriated after the Middle Ages. One of the most difficult...
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The perfect introduction to Scottish tartans. Produced in association with the Scottish Tartans Authority, this Little Book focuses on the history...
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With a wealthy of previously unpublished images comes a photographic celebration of Class 20 locomotives on the railways of Scotland.
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This book focuses on early modern attitudes towards Scotland's ancient past and looks in particular at the ways in which this past was not only mis...
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The Battle of Culloden has gone down in history as the last major battle fought on British soil: a vicious confrontation between Scottish forces su...
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Culloden was the last battle on British soil. It marked the end of clan culture and was the harbinger of the Highland Clearances. It ensured the in...
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Mary, Queen of Scots’ marriage to the Earl of Bothwell is notorious. Less known is Bothwell’s first wife, Jean Gordon, who extricated herself from ...
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This illuminating guide to discovering your Scottish family history has been fully revised and updated to take account of changes to resources and ...
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This little book provides a gentle introduction to heraldry and its sometimes daunting terminology, explaining each term with illustrations and tex...
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East Lothian is one of Scotland\x27s most important and historic counties and this is the most comprehensive book yet published on the subject, wit...
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Edinburgh has a literary tradition like no other. In 2004, the capital became the first ever UNESCO City of Literature and its book festival is the...
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At her execution Mary, Queen of Scots wore red. Widely known as the colour of strength and passion, it was in fact worn by Mary as the Catholic sym...
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The three counties of England's northern borderlands have long had a reputation as an exceptional and peripheral region within the medieval kingdom...
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With no French language ability, Alex Lochrie approached recruiters for the French Foreign Legion in Paris and embarked on the demanding selection ...
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The folklore of the Scottish Highlands is unique and very much alive. Dr Anne Ross is a Gaelic-speaking scholar and archaeologist who has lived and...
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