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!
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The Knights Templar and Scotland by Robert Ferguson (Author) Places and books like Rosslyn Chapel and The Da Vinci Code have focused attention ...
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The Witches of Fife : Witch-Hunting in a Scottish Shire, 1560-1710 by Stuart MacDonald (Author) Along the coast of Fife, in villages like Culross a...
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Episcopalianism in Nineteenth-Century Scotland : Religious Responses to a Modernizing Society by Rowan Strong (Author) Rowan Strong examines th...
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The Making of the Crofting Community by James Hunter (Author) This book has been seminal in bringing to the fore the injustices that have been infl...
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Scottish Handwriting 1150-1650 : An Introduction to the Reading of Documents by Grant Simpson (Author) Reading original documents is the only way t...
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The Jacobite Rising of 1715 and the Murray Family : Brothers in Arms by Rosalind Anderson (Author) Based in Perthshire, the Murray family played an...
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Jacobites : A New History of the '45 Rebellion by Jacqueline Riding (Author) The 1745 Jacobite Rebellion was a turning point in British history. Wh...
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The Jacobites : Britain and Europe, 1688-1788 2nd Edition by Daniel Szechi (Author) The product of forty years of research by one of the foremost...
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Bound for America : The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718-1775 by A.Roger Ekirch (Author) During the eighteenth century, t...
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Why Scottish History Matters by Rosalind Mitchison (Editor), G.W.S. Barrow (Introduction) Saltire Society publication with the views of ten Scottis...
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The defeat of the Jacobites in 1746 enabled government statesmen and administrators, north and south of the border, to begin a policy of punishment...
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Victorian Values : A Joint Symposium of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the British Academy by T.C. Smout In recent years there has been a gre...
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.A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology. Written by Mulhearn The law comes from, and runs through, society at all levels. It regulates human interactio...
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By Anne Scholey Anthology of articles and recollections of various facets of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, ranging from individuals and towns ...
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Looks at the battles of Prestonpans, Falkirk and Culloden. The battles pitted the Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart against an army commande...
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Written by Michael Hook and Walter Ross for the National Library of Scotland. The reasons, successes and tragedies of the 1745 rising are traced...
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The Debating the Highland Clearances (Debates and Documents in Scottish History) provides an explorative look into this controversial eviction. Ha...
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Recovering Scotland's Slavery Past: The Caribbean Connection by T.M. Devine For more than a century and a half the real story of Scotland's connect...
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Celtic Mysteries By John Sharkey Discusses the religion of the ancient Celts and shows burial chambers, standing stones, cromlechs, and sacred well...
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Mary Queen Of Scots By Antonia Fraser is the bestselling biography of one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history.
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Last of the Chiefs: Alasdair Ronaldson Macdonnell of Glengarry 1773-1823 By Brian D Osborne. This book examines the life and chacter of this Highla...
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History of the Highland Clearances By author: Alexander Mackenzie
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Scotland : History of a Nation by David Ross. This immensely readable history charts the long painful sometimes tragic often inspiring process that...
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Clan Donald's Greatest Defeat: The Battle of Harlaw by John Sadler One of the bloodiest battles in Scottish history and a devastating defeat for Cl...
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The Vikings in Islay : The Place of Names in Hebridean Settlement History An essential find for students of Viking Scotland, The Vikings in Islay ...
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The life of Bruce is one of the greatest comeback stories in history. Heir and magnate, shrewd politician, Bruce became a gifted military leader an...
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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 definitive biography of Scotland's legendary leader by British novelist and former Sunday Times literary critic, Ronald McNair Scott
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The Forgotten Monarchy of Scotland : The True Story of the Royal House of Stewart and the Hidden Lineage of the Kings and Queens of Scots by Michae...
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A cultural history of the Scottish Highlands with stunning photographs.
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Saltire First Scottish Book of the Year 2012. Fans of Outlander must read this Saltire Society Literary Awards Scottish First Book of the Year - a ...
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Rob 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...
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Rob 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...
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This revised and expanded edition includes data on over 220 families, the develompment of surnames, a reading list and a guide for beginners in sea...
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An anthology which presents an account of the lives of the Scottish people across the centuries, including the crofters of the West Highlands or St...
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An account of the mutinies in Highland regiments, beginning with the noble revolt of the Black Watch at Finchley in 1743 and ending with the mutiny...
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