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

Guardbridge Books

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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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

Arthur H.Stockwell Ltd

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 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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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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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

Bradt Travel Guides

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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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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Borders Witch Hunt by Mary W. Craig
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Borders Witch Hunt by Mary W. Craig

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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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The Leven & East of Fife Railway
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The Leven & East of Fife Railway

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Oakwood Press gloss card covered book with square bound spine. OL149 in the Oakwood library of railway history. Continuing Andrew Hajducki's histor...

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The East of Fife Central Railway: The Lochty Line
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The East of Fife Central Railway: The Lochty Line

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Oakwood Press gloss card covered book with square bound spine. OL149 in the Oakwood library of railway history. Continuing Andrew Hajducki's histor...

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The Anstruther and St. Andrews Railway
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The Anstruther and St. Andrews Railway

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Oakwood Press gloss card covered book with square bound spine. OL149 in the Oakwood library of railway history. Continuing Andrew Hajducki's histor...

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The story of scottish design - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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The story of scottish design

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Published to coincide with the opening of the V&A Museum of Design, Dundee, this is the first major survey of Scottish design history from 1500...

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Outlander and the Real Jacobites: Scotland's Fight for the Stuarts - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Outlander and the Real Jacobites: Scotland's Fight for the Stuarts

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Outlander has brought the story of the 1745 Jacobite uprising to the popular imagination, but who were the Jacobites, really? Explore this pivotal ...

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Portmahomack : Monastery of the Picts - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Portmahomack : Monastery of the Picts

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A trail of chance finds on the outskirts of Portmahomack during the 19th and 20th centuries culminated in 1996 in the first exposure of a Pictish s...

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Macbeth : The True Story - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Macbeth : The True Story

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Thanks to Shakespeare, the name Macbeth has become a byword for political ambition realised by bloody violence. Fiona Watson has uncovered, buried ...

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The Finest Road in the World : The Story of Travel and Transport in the Scottish Highlands - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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The Finest Road in the World : The Story of Travel and Transport in the Scottish Highlands

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Trains and stagecoaches stuck in the snow, wild storms driving sailing ships off course, traffic pile-ups on so-called 'killer' highways - stories...

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The Kingdom of the Isles : Scotland's Western Seaboard c.1100-1336 - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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The Kingdom of the Isles : Scotland's Western Seaboard c.1100-1336

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This study explores the history of the western seaboard of Scotland (the Hebrides, Argyll and the Isle of Man) in a formative but often neglected ...

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Broths to Bannocks : Cooking in Scotland 1690 to the Present Day - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Broths to Bannocks : Cooking in Scotland 1690 to the Present Day

The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd

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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The Flowers of the Forest : Scotland and the First World War - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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The Flowers of the Forest : Scotland and the First World War

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On the brink of the First World War, Scotland was regarded throughout the British Isles as 'the workshop of the Empire'. Not only were Clyde-built ...

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Culloden : Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Culloden : Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire

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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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Way of the Wanderers : The Story of Travellers in Scotland - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Way of the Wanderers : The Story of Travellers in Scotland

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TV programmes like My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, books like Gypsy Boy and the recent disturbances at Dale Farm have created enormous interest in the hi...

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The Lowland Clearances : Scotland's Silent Revolution 1760 - 1830 - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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The Lowland Clearances : Scotland's Silent Revolution 1760 - 1830

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The Highland Clearances are a well-documented episode in Scotland's past but they were not unique. The process began in the Scottish Lowlands nearl...

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Culloden Tales : Stories from Scotland's Most Famous Battlefield - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Culloden Tales : Stories from Scotland's Most Famous Battlefield

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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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Towers in the North : The Brochs of Scotland - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Towers in the North : The Brochs of Scotland

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The brochs are among the best-known ancient monuments in Scotland. However, despite a long and colourful history of research, it is only in the las...

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Wild and Majestic : Romantic Visions of Scotland - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Wild and Majestic : Romantic Visions of Scotland

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The souvenir book of the exhibition Wild and Majestic: Romantic Visions of Scotland: National Museum of Scotland, 26 June to 10 November. In the er...

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Somerled: And the Emergence of Gaelic Scotland - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Somerled: And the Emergence of Gaelic Scotland

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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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Stone Voices : The Search For Scotland - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Stone Voices : The Search For Scotland

Granta Books

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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Clans and Tartans: Traditional Scottish tartans - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Clans and Tartans: Traditional Scottish tartans

HarperCollins Publishers

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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The Rosses : The Origins of the Clan Ross and Their Place in History - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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The Rosses : The Origins of the Clan Ross and Their Place in History

Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

Here is recounted the stirring history of the Clan Ross from its beginnings in the mists of medieval Caledonian history down to the present time. T...

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The MacPherson : The Origins of the Clan MacPherson and Their Place in History - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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The MacPherson : The Origins of the Clan MacPherson and Their Place in History

Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

Here is recounted the stirring history of the Clan MacPherson from its beginning in the mists of medieval Caledonian history down to the present ti...

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The Bruces : The Origins of the Clan Bruce and Their Place in History - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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The Bruces : The Origins of the Clan Bruce and Their Place in History

Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

“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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The MacGregor : The Origins of the Clan MacGregor and Their Place in History - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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The MacGregor : The Origins of the Clan MacGregor and Their Place in History

Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

This is the story of the Clan MacGregor, the "Children of the Mist", the lawless brigands of the Highlands. Read of how they were persecuted and ha...

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Lindsay : The Origins of the Clan Lindsay and Their Place in History - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Lindsay : The Origins of the Clan Lindsay and Their Place in History

Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

If you belong to the Clan Lindsay then this clan book is ideal for you -  makes a great gift idea. This clan book features the origins of Clan Lind...

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Lamont : The Origins of the Clan Lamont and Their Place in History - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Lamont : The Origins of the Clan Lamont and Their Place in History

Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

If you belong to the Clan Lamont then this clan book is ideal for you - makes a great gift idea. This clan book features the origins of Clan Lamont...

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