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

The grandeur and beauty of Scotland's castles, which number over a thousand, is reflected in this authoritative selection based on a variety of the...

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 ...

'The Canongate Strangler' is a psychological thriller with supernatural overtones set in Edinburgh: the wynds and closes of the old town, the Geo...

A handy book for basic information on the major clans and tartans of Scotland, Discusses Highland dress and clans, and illustrates clan tartans.

A splendid adventure, set in the Ochils around Stirling, sees Gavin, on holiday visiting his aunt and uncle meet up with the Clan - three kids arou...

This comprehensive companion details the recurring placenames which feature in Nigel Tranter's works. Over 200 places are listed alphabetically, wi...

The final volume in the author's trilogy on life in rural Scotland. This work completes the cycle begun with "Willie Gavin, Crofter Man" and "The C...

A pivotal period in Prentice McHoan's life is described, seen through his preoccupations with death, sex, his relationship with his father, unrequi...

John Wilson was an Inspector of Schools during the latter half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. His career in educatio...

The original texts, which are the basis of the study of the Celtic Shamanic tradition, are so often missing from the contemporary practical books o...

Stories from the old aristocracy of Scotland. A Laird is the Scottish word for a landowner.

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...

First published in 1883, MacKenzie's History of the Highland Clearances has remained in print to the present times. John Prebble wrote "...it has b...

Scotland's worst and most infamous murders: Includes accounts of the infamous Burke and Hare, cannibalistic Sawney Bean, child murderer Jessie King...

Ghosts, witches, unexplained mysteries, and the supernatural are the basis for this fascinating Ghost Series which relates ghost stories from Great...

One of Scotland's best-loved authors, Nigel Tranter wrote over ninety novels on Scottish history. He died at the age of ninety on 9 January 2000.Th...

A story based on the real voyage of "The Georgiana", by an author whose own ancestors were among the crofters who had to emigrate from Skye to Aust...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This is the first volume of a distance-learning history of Scotland course running from January 1998. The successful completion of the course gives...

A strong editorial team and the majority of Scotland's most distinguished historians have lent their talents to this major project: a landmark in S...

This is the second volume of a distance-learning history of Scotland course running from January 1998. The successful completion of the course give...

This book brings together David Cannadine's most important reflections on how history has been written and made in Britain in the twentieth century...

In 1857, the Tweed Fisheries Act made it illegal to fish for salmon in 50 square miles of open sea off the mouth of the River Tweed. A local school...

In this guide, Arthur Stewart traces ten long distance routes offering the keen backpacker a wide range of options.

Lewis Grassic Gibbon was born in 1901 in Aberdeenshire as James Leslie Mitchell. Among his work is the trilogy A Scot’s Quair,  which is considered...

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

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

Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year Award In April 1816 Patrick Sellar was brought to trial in Inverness for culpable h...