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Discover history at your finger tips. While historical fiction allows you to take in the grand sweep of history through the lens of an intimate story, there’s so much that the genre leaves out. The true scale of the passing of time is, more often than not, best addressed in by the greatest of our history writers. We don’t need contrived plots or imagined dialogues between the Greats of our history in order to really delve into the past – all we need is a gifted writer who knows how to breathe life into history through their prose.

 Thankfully, we have all that and more! As one of the larger sections here at East Neuk Books, we pride ourselves in carrying a large stock of history books ranging through all major periods of our nation’s past. Are you looking to do some research on the great clans of old? A great number of our books will help you do just that. Searching for glimpses into Scottish history before and after the Unification with England? No problem! Hoping for a deep dive into the personalities and histories of larger-than-life figures like Robert the Bruce of Mary, Queen of Scots? If so, you’ve come to the right place.

 We live and breathe Scottish history at East Neuk Books, and nothing makes us happier than helping locals rediscover their past. They say that you can’t know the future without knowing the past, and that has never been easier with the flood of great writers and academics doing create research and writing on all periods of our history.

 

So no matter if you’re looking for a glimpse into a particular decade or a brisk tour of the north’s great history, it’s never been simpler to find great volumes or buy history books online. This weekend, curl up with your next fantastic read and get to know the major figures of our history!

A history of Fife from the earliest times to the present day, written by Gordon Brown and Alistair Moffat.
A history of Fife from the earliest times to the present day, written by Gordon Brown and Alistair Moffat.
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A history of Fife from the earliest times to the present day, written by Gordon Brown and Alistair Moffat.

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A history of Fife from the earliest times to the present day, written by Gordon Brown and Alistair Moffat. Learn about the fascinating history of F...

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The Highland Clearances by John Prebble - East  Neuk Books Ltd
The Highland Clearances by John Prebble - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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The Highland Clearances by John Prebble

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In the terrible aftermath of the moorland battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Following his magnifi...

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March Past by Lord Lovat - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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March Past by Lord Lovat

Memoir Club

March 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...

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Culloden by John Prebble - East  Neuk Books Ltd
Culloden by John Prebble - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Culloden by John Prebble

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This is the story of ordinary men and women involved in the Jacobite Rebellion, who were described on the gaol registers and regimental rosters of ...

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Old Crail by Eric Eunson - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Old Crail by Eric Eunson

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Potted history and annotated old photographs of this East Neuk town. Among the photographs featured are Rose Wynd, the harbour, Shoregate, Castle W...

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Largo's Untold Stories by Leonard Low - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Largo's Untold Stories by Leonard Low

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LARGOS UNTOLD STORIES a book covering Witches, cannibalism, serious perverts, sea battles ,Plague, maniac sea captains and the bigamist drunken ant...

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Wheels Around St. Andrews and North Fife - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Wheels Around St. Andrews and North Fife

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This companion volume to the recent Wheels around Kirkcaldy and East Fife and the earlier Wheels around Dunfermline and West Fife completes Alan Br...

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The Curewife by Claire-Marie Watson - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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The Curewife by Claire-Marie Watson

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This is the story of Grissel Jaffray, the last woman to be burnt as a witch in Dundee. Grissel is a woman whose fictional journal depicts life in 1...

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Somerled : Hammer of the Norse - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Somerled : Hammer of the Norse

Vital Spark

  Somerled : Hammer of the Norse by Kathleen McPhee (Author) Born c.1113 in Morvern, Argyll, Somerled was half-Norse through his mother. His fath...

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The Jacobite Rebellion 1745-46 - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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The Jacobite Rebellion 1745-46

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

  The Jacobite Rebellion 1745-46 by Gregory Fremont-Barnes (Author) The Jacobite Rebellion was the final attempt of the House of Stuart to re-est...

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1707 The Union of Scotland & England
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1707: The Union of Scotland and England

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1707: The Union of Scotland & England by P H Scott researches the important historical documents of the 1707 Union of Scotland and England, bet...

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The Lowdown on Witches by Leonard Low
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The Lowdown on Witches by Leonard Low

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The new book about Scottish witches by Leonard Low, author of The Weem Witch.  Leonard Low was born in Upper Largo 1967. He has a passion for the m...

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Scotland Read All About the Nasty Bits! - Horrible Histories - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Scotland Read All About the Nasty Bits! - Horrible Histories

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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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Revolt on the Clyde : The Classic Autobiography of Red Clydeside - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Revolt on the Clyde : The Classic Autobiography of Red Clydeside

Lawrence & Wishart Ltd

Tanks on the streets, local regiments confined to barracks and the imposition of martial law. This was not Petrograd, but Glasgow in 1919. Revolt ...

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Island on the Edge of the World : The Story of St Kilda - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Island on the Edge of the World : The Story of St Kilda

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For more than 2000 years the people of St Kilda remained remote from the world. Its society was viable, even Utopian; but in the nineteenth century...

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Irish and Scottish Dalriada : In Search of an Ancient Kingdom - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Irish and Scottish Dalriada : In Search of an Ancient Kingdom

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At the time when the prehistoric kingdom of Dalriada flourished, Ireland was one of the richest countries in the world with trade links as far afie...

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Skara Brae by David Clarke - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Skara Brae by David Clarke

Historic Environment Scotland

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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The Hidden Ways : Scotland's Forgotten Roads - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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The Hidden Ways : Scotland's Forgotten Roads

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Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards In The Hidden Ways, Alistair Moffat traverses the lost paths of Scotland. Down Roman road...

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A Tomb With a View: The Stories and Glories of Graveyards: Scottish Non-fiction Book of the Year 2021 - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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A Tomb With a View: The Stories and Glories of Graveyards: Scottish Non-fiction Book of the Year 2021

Headline Publishing Group

Enter a grave new world of fascination and delight as award-winning writer Peter Ross uncovers the stories and glories of graveyards. Who are Londo...

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Old Pittenweem by Eric Eunson - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Old Pittenweem by Eric Eunson

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Wonderful book featuring local history by a local author.

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The Fife Pilgrim Way : In the Footsteps of Monks, Miners and Martyrs by Ian Bradley - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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The Fife Pilgrim Way : In the Footsteps of Monks, Miners and Martyrs by Ian Bradley

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Packed with over almost 100 images and countless stories, it brings to life the fascinating communities and the characters along the route in whose...

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St Andrews' Untold Stories by Leonard Low - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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St Andrews' Untold Stories by Leonard Low

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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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Salt-sprayed burgh: a view of Ansthruther - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Salt-sprayed burgh: a view of Ansthruther

Pinetree Press

This is an excellent condition paperback book by Forbes Macgregor from 1998 covering topics such as Picts, Culdees, Calvinists and Witchcraft in th...

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The Fife Coast : From the Forth Bridges to Leuchars by the Castles Coast and the East Neuk - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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The Fife Coast : From the Forth Bridges to Leuchars by the Castles Coast and the East Neuk

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The Fife Coast has long been a popular area for walkers. Hamish Brown, writer, traveller and climber, has compiled a fascinating book of walks whic...

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Recollections of East Fife Fisher-folk - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Recollections of East Fife Fisher-folk

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During 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...

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Portrait of the East Neuk by Lorn Mackintyre & Peter Adamson - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Portrait of the East Neuk by Lorn Mackintyre & Peter Adamson

Alvie Publications

Wonderful coffee table style book of colour photographs by Fife photographer Peter Adamson and St Andrews author Lorn Mackintyre

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Where the Clock Stands Still: The East Neuk of Fife - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Where the Clock Stands Still: The East Neuk of Fife

Canongate Books LTD

  The East Neuk of Fife is situated in a quiet, rather inaccessible corner of Scotland projecting out into the North Sea. Life in the area is centr...

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The Story of Scottish Art - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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The Story of Scottish Art

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'An exhilarating, big-picture, and often surprising account of Scottish art' Andrew Marr 'Even more of a joy than the glorious Scottish art it cele...

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The Art of the Picts : Sculpture and Metalwork in Early Medieval Scotland - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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The Art of the Picts : Sculpture and Metalwork in Early Medieval Scotland

Thames & Hudson Ltd

The Picts, who occupied north-eastern Scotland between the sixth and ninth centuries, are perhaps the least well-known of the Celtic peoples. The o...

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The Robertsons, Clan Donnachaidh in Atholl - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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The Robertsons, Clan Donnachaidh in Atholl

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The Clan Donnachaidh bears some of the most renowned and recognizable family names in Scotland. As Scots sought a new life beyond their native shor...

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Scots Kith and Kin : Bestselling Guide to the Clans and Surnames of Scotland - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Scots Kith and Kin : Bestselling Guide to the Clans and Surnames of Scotland

Collins

Guide to over 4,000 Scottish family names and their clan affiliations with pull out map of Scotland. Whether you are a Highlander curious in your l...

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Witchcraft and Trials for Witchcraft in Fife - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Witchcraft and Trials for Witchcraft in Fife

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  This unusual book, documenting the trials for witchcraft conducted in Fife, one of the regions worst affected by the fear of witchcraft. This boo...

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No Quarter Given : The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Army, 1745-46 - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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No Quarter Given : The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Army, 1745-46

Neil Wilson Publishing

No Quarter Given : The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Army, 1745-46 A unique historical record compiled from the rolls made by the H...

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The Edinburgh History of Scotland from 1689 to the Present - East  Neuk Books Ltd
The Edinburgh History of Scotland from 1689 to the Present - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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The Edinburgh History of Scotland from 1689 to the Present

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The Edinburgh History of Scotland from 1689 to the Present (1977)  by William Ferguson.  Volume  4 of The Edinburgh History of Scotland) series. 

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Reminiscences of a Jacobite : The Untold Story of the Rising of 1745 - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Reminiscences of a Jacobite : The Untold Story of the Rising of 1745

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Reminiscences of a Jacobite : The Untold Story of the Rising of 1745 by Michael Nevin (Author) When Jacobite enthusiast Michael Nevin successfully ...

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The King Over the Water : A Complete History of the Jacobites - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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The King Over the Water : A Complete History of the Jacobites

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The King Over the Water : A Complete History of the Jacobites by Desmond Seward (Author) Shortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Y...

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Sheriffmuir 1715 by Stuart Reid (Author) - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Sheriffmuir 1715 by Stuart Reid (Author)

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Sheriffmuir 1715 by Stuart Reid (Author) Sheriffmuir 1715 is the military history of a doomed Jacobite rising in Scotland, which enjoyed far more p...

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From the Stone Age to the Forty-five - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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From the Stone Age to the Forty-five

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From the Stone Age to the Forty-five by by Anne C. O'Connor (Editor), D.V. Clarke (Editor)    

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Scotland: The Story of a Nation - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Scotland: The Story of a Nation

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Scotland: The Story of a Nation by Magnus Magnusson A timely and vivid look at Scotland's long and difficult road to nationhood, re-exploring som...

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Flora MacDonald: The Most Loyal Rebel - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Flora MacDonald: The Most Loyal Rebel

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On 28th June 1746, Flora MacDonald and her "maid" Betty Burke, sailed over the sea to Skye. The "maid" was Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was fleeing a...

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Scotland: The Story of a Nation

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Scotland: The Story of a Nation By author: Magnus Magnusson. A timely and vivid look at Scotland's long and difficult road to nationhood, re-explor...

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Robert the Bruce and All That - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Robert the Bruce and All That

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Robert the Bruce and All That by Alan Burnett Learn history the fun way in an entertaining and informative series of books about key people from Sc...

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The Lords of the Isles: Clan Donald - East  Neuk Books Ltd
The Lords of the Isles: Clan Donald - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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The Lords of the Isles: Clan Donald

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The Lords of the Isles: Clan Donald by Ronald Williams From the establishment of the Kingdom of Dalriada in Argyll by Fergus Mor, around AD 500, th...

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Scotland: The Making Volume 5 - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Scotland: The Making Volume 5

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Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation c.1100-1707. Volume 5 Part of an authoritative and thought-provoking five-volume series - Scotland:...

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Scotland from the Rails
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Scotland from the Rails

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From the author of the acclaimed Britain from the Rails, an entertaining armchair read and practical guide rolled into one. Engaging, eccentric, in...

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Faeries, Elves and Goblins : The Old Stories and fairy tales
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Faeries, Elves and Goblins : The Old Stories and fairy tales

Batsford

A unique collection of traditional stories about faeries, elves and goblins. Faeries, elves, goblins, leprechauns, brownies, spriggans and many oth...

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Ancient Britain
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Ancient Britain

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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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The Placenames of Scotland
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The Placenames of Scotland

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Placenames are a constant source of debate. Who was Edwin, whose name is said to live on in that of Scotland's capital city? Are the 'drum' and 'ch...

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