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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What did it mean to be a Scot in an age marked by the movement of people and the flow of information? This revised and updated volume of the 'New H...
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366 Celt: A Year and A Day of Celtic Wisdom and Lore by Carl McColman Drawing on myth, folklore, poetry, and the tales of Celtic gods and heroes, "...
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A History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1800 to 1900 by Prof. Graeme Morton and Dr. Trevor Griffiths The nineteenth century was a period of profoun...
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A pocket history which covers the Jacobite Risings from 1689 to 1746 and the final disaster of the Battle of Culloden.
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A Dictionary of Scottish History, by Gordon Donaldson, Robert S. Morpeth This reference contains relevant information on Scottish history including...
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Robert 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...
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Rosslyn and the Grail by Mark Oxbrow Tens of millions of people worldwide learned of Scotland's Rossyln Chapel in Dan Brown's blockbuster novel The...
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Walk 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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From Bannockburn and Robert the Bruce to the union of the crowns and Mary, Queen of Scots; from the Reformation and John Knox, to the Enlightenment...
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Sir Thomas Innes of Learney GCVO WS (1893–1971) was Lord Lyon from 1945 to 1969, after having been Carrick Pursuivant and Albany Herald in the 1920...
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This new edition of Michael Fry's remarkable book charts the involvement of the Scots in the British empire from its earliest days to the end of th...
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Scotland is Not for the Squeamish by Bill Watkins This work mingles the myths and traditions of Celtic nations with true and tall tales of high-sea...
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Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation 1100 - 1707 Edited by: Bob Harris, Alan R. MacDonald Part of an authoritative and thought-pr...
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