The Highland Clearances by John Prebble
Penguin Books Ltd
In the terrible aftermath of the moorland battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Following his magnifi...
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View full detailsWhat 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...
View full detailsThis is the first volume of a distance-learning history of Scotland course running from January 1998. The successful completion of the course gives...
View full detailsA strong editorial team and the majority of Scotland's most distinguished historians have lent their talents to this major project: a landmark in S...
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