A Childhood in Scotland
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A Childhood in Scotland , is a memoir by Christian Miller originally published in 1981, and an autobiographical account of Christian Miller's depri...
View full detailsWhile the world teems with the champions of fiction titles, there are those who find that the twists and turns of real life are more than enough to keep them hooked on a good book. They find the joys and nuances of nonfiction of great value, especially when it comes to the art of biography.
This is a genre that never gets old – from the heights of the royals to the kitchen sinks of your next door neighbour, a biography is a gateway to understanding a life and lifestyle that’s not your own. And by spending time with another person this closely, maybe you’ll find out something important about your own life.
There’s nothing like biography, actually, when it comes to showing that people are people and we all have something in common. No matter if you’re reading notes scribbled years ago by the movers and shakers of Scottish history, modern approaches to important figures or the tell-alls of popular celebrities, there’s always something to learn when you read biographies or memoirs.
And East Neuk Books is the best place to find the latest and greatest Scottish biographies. Flip through our pages to see our current stock of hundreds of books that are sure to interest and surprise you! Or peruse through our collection below and buy biography books online. No matter your taste, historical interests or approach to the art, you’re sure to find something that will captivate you and make it hard to put the book down!
If you’re not sure yet exactly what you’re looking for, feel free to take a glance through some of our more popular titles. From memoirs of Scottish childhoods to explorations of the highlands to to the reminiscence of school-days long past to ambitious studies of great lives like that of Mary, Queen of Scots, our collection is bound to educate and delight.
A Childhood in Scotland , is a memoir by Christian Miller originally published in 1981, and an autobiographical account of Christian Miller's depri...
View full detailsA Childhood in Scotland by Christian Miller Originally published in 1981, an autobiographical account of Miller's deprived yet upper-class childhoo...
View full detailsA Lie About My Father by John Burnside John Burnside has published seven works of fiction and eleven collections of poetry, including his Selected ...
View full detailsAmanda Owen loves her traditional life on her hill farm alongside her nine children and husband Clive. And, as readers of her previous bestsellers ...
View full detailsAlec Douglas-Home by D.R. Thorne Alec Douglas-Home, who died in October 1995, was a member of every Conservative administration from 1935 to 1974. ...
View full detailsThis is the story of Alexander Selkirk, Scottish mariner and adventurer, who was delighted to be rescued by passing sailors after four years alone ...
View full detailsBonnie Prince Charlie by Sir Fitzroy Maclean Published to mark the 250th anniversary of the '45, a study of Bonnie Prince Charlie which tells of h...
View full detailsBorn Yesterday: Memories of a Scottish Childhood by Douglas Sutherland. This autobiography is a memoir of a childhood spent in Scotland almost 70 y...
View full details"Billy", the ground-breaking biography of the nation's favourite iconoclast, gave millions of readers a fascinating insight into the personal and p...
View full detailsWelcome to Clarkson's farm.An idyllic spot offering picturesque views across the Cotswolds, bustling hedgerows and natural springs, it's the perfec...
View full detailsEastern Approaches by Fitzroy Maclean Sir Fitztroy Maclean was one of the real-life inspirations for super-spy James Bond. After adventures in Sovi...
View full detailsAs a boy, James Rebanks's grandfather taught him to work the land the old way. Their family farm in the Lake District hills was part of an ancient ...
View full detailsOriginally published in 1988, F.C.B. Cadell: The Life and Works of a Scottish Colourist 1883-1937 was the first book devoted entirely to the life o...
View full detailsThe writer and broadcaster Paul Heiney set sail from the east coast of England bound for Iceland, propelled by a desire to breathe the cool, cl...
View full detailsManagement research has shown successful farmers have quite distinct personal characteristics which most farmers have seldom thought about. Farmers...
View full detailsGlasgow's Godfather by Robert Jeffrey Walter Norval was a man marked by destiny to be a career criminal in one of Britain's hardest cities. As a bo...
View full detailsThe burial grounds, graveyards and cemeteries of Fife contain many fascinating historical tales, often with interesting superstitions attached. All...
View full detailsEver dream of packing up and escaping to a simpler life on the land, just the Cornish landscape and a few cows and goats rising up to greet you ea...
View full detailsA victim of violent abuse at the hands of his stepfather, Lenny spent much of his teenage life in borstal as he began to follow a life of crime. Ho...
View full detailsMemoir of her childhood days as the daughter of a parish minister in Glen Gairn, near Balmoral, Scotland at the turn of the century.
clear-eyed and poetic prose' Sunday Times'A fascinating memoir' - Daily MailWhen Tamsin Calidas first arrives on a remote island in the Scottish He...
View full detailsOriginally published as Relish, a fully revised and updated edition of the eye-opening story of one woman's incredible appetite for life: Dame Prue...
View full detailsFraser writes about this beautiful area of Scotland with a style that will delight any historian or follower of social history; observing the detai...
View full detailsFrom school punk to modern day film producer, Richard Jobson has lived a full and colourful life. A harrowing incident as a child left him sufferin...
View full detailsAnne Cholawo was a typical 80s career girl working in a busy London advertising agency, when in 1989, holidaying in Skye, she noticed an advert for...
View full detailsIsland Years, Island Farm By Frank Fraser Darling Unhappily land-locked in his early adult life, the authors' fortunes changed when he began visiti...
View full detailsUnhappily land-locked in his early adult life, Frank Fraser Darling's fortunes changed when he began visiting Scotland's west coast in the 1930s. S...
View full detailsJohn Gorrie was a respected colonial judge, albeit defiantly and decidedly not on the side of the ruling classes in the territories where he was po...
View full details‘A book of such quality as to persuade you that historical novels are the true business of the writer.’Daily Telegraph A gripping, shocking story...
View full detailsAmit Patel is working as a trauma doctor when a rare condition causes him to lose his sight within thirty-six hours. Totally dependent on others an...
View full detailsKing and Outlaw: The Real Robert the Bruce by Chris Brown The real historical personality behind the new Netflix blockbuster movie Outlaw King is r...
View full detailsLast of the Chiefs: Alasdair Ronaldson Macdonnell of Glengarry 1773-1823 By Brian D Osborne. This book examines the life and chacter of this Highla...
View full detailsn the 60 years that Yorkshire farmer Roger Nicholson has lived at Cannon Hall Farm near Barnsley, he has turned what was once a humble small family...
View full detailsLucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt by Katherine Frank The mysterious cities of the dead, Egypt's desert Necropoli, set the scene for this book. ...
View full detailsMarch Past by Lord Lovat Brigadier Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat and 4th Baron Lovat, DSO, MC, TD, JP, DL (9 July 1911 in Beaufo...
View full detailsMary Queen Of Scots By Antonia Fraser is the bestselling biography of one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history.
This biography provides a portrait of the Queen Mother from her earliest years until her marriage at the age of 22 to the Duke of York. It describe...
View full detailsThe most famous memoir of its kind and a key text in the anti-slavery movement, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass tells the striking and ...
View full detailsA wonderfully colourful and deeply poignant memoir of growing up in a 'single end' - one room in a Glasgow tenement - during and immediately after ...
View full detailsCalming, thought-provoking, poetic and honest, Notes from Walnut Tree Farm is a collection of writing and musing by documentary-maker, environmenta...
View full detailsn 1937, the Scottish writer, Neil Gunn, gave up his job in the civil service, sold his house in Inverness, and bought a boat. With his wife and his...
View full detailsWhat happens when you swap 'I do' for pastures new? When twenty-three-year-old shepherdess Emma Gray breaks off her engagement, the chance to tend ...
View full detailsWinner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year Award In April 1816 Patrick Sellar was brought to trial in Inverness for culpable h...
View full detailsDuring 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...
View full detailsRob Roy MacGregor was mytholigised by Sir Walter Scott but was very much a fact in the Trossachs of Scotland in the late 17th and early 18th centur...
View full detailsThe life of Bruce is one of the greatest comeback stories in history. Heir and magnate, shrewd politician, Bruce became a gifted military leader an...
View full detailsRobert the Bruce had himself crowned King of Scots at Scone on a frozen March morning in 1306. After years of struggle, Scotland had been reduced t...
View full detailsWalk in the footsteps of a Scottish King and discover what happened when he ventured to Ireland in Robert the Bruce: A Life Chronicled. This explo...
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