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When one thinks of literature, the joys of fiction are one of the first things that comes to mind. Or the unique pleasures of poetry. But of course there’s a wide demographic of readers that feel deeply that reality can indeed be stranger than fiction. That with the bizarre and quirky happenings that go on in real life, there is more than enough material for great literature. And so there has risen a large cry for nonfiction, for texts that engage with the world as it is as compared to how we can imagine it to be. Of course, they’re right!

 

One of the largest sub-sections of our whole online store, nonfiction can truly be said to have something for everyone. It includes the joys of comedy and the deep dives into the past provided by historical texts. Whether you’re looking for the best collection of show dogs or an in-depth engagement with just how important the Battle of Bannockburn truly was, looking through our nonfiction section will prove to be a real treat.

 

One of the great pleasures of meandering through such a broad section is that you may find titles that you didn’t even know you were looking for. Someone looking for a volume of military history might come out with a biography of Scottish childhood, or a Medievalist may find a book on the diaspora completely engrossing. This is the power of Scottish nonfiction books, and here at East Neuk Books you’ll find the best place to buy nonfiction books online!

 

No matter what your tastes are, you can rest assured that you’ll always find something you’ll like!

A Calendar of Musselburgh Witchcraft - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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A Calendar of Musselburgh Witchcraft

Troubador Publishing

The “Calendar of Musselburgh witchcraft” was inspired by the recent rediscovery of the Musselburgh burgh records, which had been believed lost. The...

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A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, Circa 1695 : A Voyage to St Kilda - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, Circa 1695 : A Voyage to St Kilda

Birlinn General

One of the greatest travellers in Scotland, Martin Martin was also a native Gaelic speaker. This text offers his narrative of his journey around th...

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A Dictionary of Scottish History - East  Neuk Books Ltd
A Dictionary of Scottish History - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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A Dictionary of Scottish History

John Donald Publishers Ltd

A Dictionary of Scottish History, by Gordon Donaldson, Robert S. Morpeth This reference contains relevant information on Scottish history including...

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A Handbook of Scotland's History : The Essential Guide - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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A Handbook of Scotland's History : The Essential Guide

Saraband

A Handbook of Scotland's History : The Essential Guide for Browsers, Patriots, Explorers, Genealogists, Tourists, Time Travellers and Quiz Buffs by...

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A Haverin' History of Scotland - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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A Haverin' History of Scotland

The History Press Ltd

All of these have been created by a Scotsperson, although not all will appear on a tea towel listing great Scottish inventions.*Scotland is as old ...

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A History of Drinking : The Scottish Pub since 1700 - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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A History of Drinking : The Scottish Pub since 1700

Edinburgh University Press

What did Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Dorothy Wordsworth, James Hogg and Robert Southey have in common? They all toured Scotland and left account...

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A History Of Scotland by Neil Oliver - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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A History Of Scotland by Neil Oliver

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Scotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past. Yet the stories and figures that dominate Scottish history - t...

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A History of Scotland: 38 by Allan I. Macinnes - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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A History of Scotland: 38 by Allan I. Macinnes

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

This illuminating and insightful guide offers a comprehensive overview of Scottish history, from the kingdom’s genesis in the ninth century to the ...

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A Jacobite Anthology: Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Rising of 1745 - East  Neuk Books Ltd
A Jacobite Anthology: Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Rising of 1745 - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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A Jacobite Anthology: Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Rising of 1745

Scottish Cultural Press

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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A People's History of Scotland - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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A People's History of Scotland

Verso Books

In September 2014, the people of Scotland will decide whether - after 407 years of British rule - they want to be an independent country. Chris Bam...

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A Short History of Parliament : England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Scotland - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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A Short History of Parliament : England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Scotland

Boydell & Brewer Ltd

A Short History of Parliament is a comprehensive institutional history, not a political history of parliament, though politics is included where, a...

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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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A Tour in Scotland, 1769 - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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A Tour in Scotland, 1769

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Thomas Pennant's first tour of Scotland started at Chester in 1769. Passing through Yorkshire and Durham he paid a brief visit to the Farne Island...

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Ancient Scotland by David Ross - East  Neuk Books Ltd
Ancient Scotland by David Ross - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Ancient Scotland by David Ross

Waverley Books

As well as illustrating and explaining standing stones, tombs, stone circles, hill forts and artefacts of the ancient races, the author portrays th...

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Animal Teams : How Amazing Animals Work Together in the Wild - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Animal Teams : How Amazing Animals Work Together in the Wild

dorling kindersley ltd

Have you ever asked why birds swoop and soar in a flock? Or wondered wherean army of ants is marching? This non-fiction book explains how animals w...

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Art and Identity in Scotland : A Cultural History from the Jacobite Rising of 1745 to Walter Scott - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Art and Identity in Scotland : A Cultural History from the Jacobite Rising of 1745 to Walter Scott

Cambridge University Press

This lively and erudite cultural history of Scotland, from the Jacobite defeat of 1745 to the death of an icon, Sir Walter Scott, in 1832, examines...

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Art and Identity in Scotland : A Cultural History from the Jacobite Rising of 1745 to Walter Scott - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Art and Identity in Scotland : A Cultural History from the Jacobite Rising of 1745 to Walter Scott

Cambridge University Press

This lively and erudite cultural history of Scotland, from the Jacobite defeat of 1745 to the death of an icon, Sir Walter Scott, in 1832, examines...

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Arthur And The Lost Kingdoms by Alistair - East  Neuk Books Ltd
Arthur And The Lost Kingdoms by Alistair - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Arthur And The Lost Kingdoms by Alistair

Orion Publishing Co

Moffat builds up a thesis which enables him to reveal the location and identity of the real Arthur, asserting that he was not a king but a cavalry ...

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Bare-Arsed Banditti : The Men of the '45 - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Bare-Arsed Banditti : The Men of the '45

Transworld Publishers Ltd

They were modern men: doctors and lawyers, students and teachers, shoemakers and shopkeepers, farmers, gardeners and weavers. Children of the Age o...

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Baron John Maltravers 1290-1364 'A Wise Knight in War and Peace' : and his Forebears and Descendants 1066-1435 - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Baron John Maltravers 1290-1364 'A Wise Knight in War and Peace' : and his Forebears and Descendants 1066-1435

Troubador Publishing

Baron John Maltravers 1290-1364 'A Wise Knight in War and Peace' : and his Forebears and Descendants 1066-1435 by Caroleen McClure The first Baron ...

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Battleground Perthshire by Paul S Phillippou & Rob Hands - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Battleground Perthshire by Paul S Phillippou & Rob Hands

Tippermuir

Battleground Perthshire  is a concise account of the battles and minor military events that have taken place within the county of Perthshire.  Comp...

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Battles of the '45 by Tomasson & Buist - East  Neuk Books Ltd
Battles of the '45 by Tomasson & Buist - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Battles of the '45 by Tomasson & Buist

Batsford

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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Bell Rock Lighthouse : An Illustrated History - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Bell Rock Lighthouse : An Illustrated History

Amberley Publishing

Since its completion in 1811, the Bell Rock Lighthouse has been revered as an industrial wonder of the world. The iconic tower was built on the Inc...

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Born Fighting : How the Scots-Irish Shaped America - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Born Fighting : How the Scots-Irish Shaped America

Transworld Publishers Ltd

More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the...

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Born Yesterday - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Born Yesterday

Canongate Books LTD

Born Yesterday: Memories of a Scottish Childhood by Douglas Sutherland. This autobiography is a memoir of a childhood spent in Scotland almost 70 y...

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Bound for America : The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718-1775 - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Bound for America : The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718-1775

Oxford University Press

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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Breakdowns
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Breakdowns

Penguin Books Ltd

The creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus explores the comics form...and how it formed him!**In a new flexi bound format with an updated after...

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British Painting : The Golden Age by William Vaughan - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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British Painting : The Golden Age by William Vaughan

Thames & Hudson Ltd

  The period from the early works of Hogarth (about 1730) to the death of Turner (1851) was the golden age of British painting, bringing it into th...

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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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Calum's Road - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Calum's Road

Birlinn General

Calum MacLeod had lived on the northern point of Raasay since his birth in 1911. He tended the Rona lighthouse at the very tip of his little archip...

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Castle At War by Dan Spencer - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Castle At War by Dan Spencer

Amberley Publishing

In this highly readable and groundbreaking book, the `story' of the castle is integrated into changes in warfare throughout this period providing u...

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Castle Douglas Through Time - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Castle Douglas Through Time

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The market town of Castle Douglas, beside Carlingwark Loch in the southern Scottish region of Dumfries and Galloway, is relatively new, though the ...

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Castles Map of Scotland : Explore Scotland's Ancient Monuments - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Castles Map of Scotland : Explore Scotland's Ancient Monuments

Collins

Explore Scotland's ancient monuments with this pictorial map featuring over 700 castles and fortified houses. Includes an easy-to-use index listing...

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Celtic Castles by Martin J Dougherty - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Celtic Castles by Martin J Dougherty

Amber Books Ltd

Some of the most romantic castles in the world are found in the British Isles and Ireland. These strongholds may now largely be ruined, but in thei...

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Celtic Fire: Anthology of Celtic Christian Literature (Celtic Titles) - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Celtic Fire: Anthology of Celtic Christian Literature (Celtic Titles)

Darton Longman and Todd

This is a marvellous book as Celtic literature has been inaccessible for many centuries and this is the first comprehensive collection in English o...

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Celtic Sea Stories - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Celtic Sea Stories

Luath Press Ltd

The Celtic belief that by recording a story the spirit of the story and its teller would die, has meant that generations worth of stories of have b...

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Clan Donald's Greatest Defeat : The Battle of Harlaw 1411 by John Sadler (Author) - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Clan Donald's Greatest Defeat : The Battle of Harlaw 1411 by John Sadler (Author)

The History Press Ltd

  Clan Donald's Greatest Defeat : The Battle of Harlaw 1411 by John Sadler (Author) One of the bloodiest battles in Scottish history and a devasta...

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Clans and Tartans : Traditional Scottish Tartans - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Clans and Tartans : Traditional Scottish Tartans

Collins Little Books

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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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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Coffee Isn't Rocket Science : A Quick and Easy Guide to Buying, Brewing, Serving, Roasting, and Tasting Coffee - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Coffee Isn't Rocket Science : A Quick and Easy Guide to Buying, Brewing, Serving, Roasting, and Tasting Coffee

Yannis Varoutsikos

Rocket science is complicated, coffee doesn't have to be! With information presented in an easy, illustrated style, and chock-full of the fool-proo...

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Collins Dictionary of Scottish History - East  Neuk Books Ltd
Collins Dictionary of Scottish History - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Collins Dictionary of Scottish History

HarperCollins Publishers

An up-to-date, authoritative and accessible survey of Scottish history from the 10th century As perhaps at no other time in recent memory, Scottis...

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Collins Pocket Reference - Clans and Tartans - East  Neuk Books Ltd
Collins Pocket Reference - Clans and Tartans - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Collins Pocket Reference - Clans and Tartans

HarperCollins Publishers

Tartans are synonymous with Scotland and for many Scots, both at home and abroad, they are recognized and acknowledged as symbols of clan kinship. ...

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Corrour Bothy: A Refuge in the Wilderness - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Corrour Bothy: A Refuge in the Wilderness

Luath Press Ltd

The Scottish Highlands are famous for their bothies - unique mountain refuges that offer free basic shelter in the wilds. The oldest and most famo...

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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

Little, Brown Book Group

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

Vintage Publishing

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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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

Transworld Publishers Ltd

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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Debating the Highland Clearances - East  Neuk Books Ltd
Debating the Highland Clearances - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Debating the Highland Clearances

Edinburgh University Press

The Debating the Highland Clearances (Debates and Documents in Scottish History) provides an explorative look into this controversial eviction. Ha...

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Discover Your Scottish Ancestry : Internet and Traditional Resources - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Discover Your Scottish Ancestry : Internet and Traditional Resources

Edinburgh University Press

This illuminating guide to discovering your Scottish family history has been fully revised and updated to take account of changes to resources and ...

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