Scottish History
Will be published approx. on 2. April 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-78027-965-7 (ISBN)
Description
The 2000-plus years of Scottish history have seen a huge variety of events, from great national moments to personal achievements, each one helping to make and mould the character of the nation. This compendium takes note of the milestones - historical as well as cultural, serious as well as entertaining - but also of the many steps between them.
Carefully chosen and researched for their interest and variety, they make a fascinating record: 150 vignettes form a 'family album' of the Scottish people from the Romans in Scotland in the first century CE to climate change in the 2020s. And everything in between.
Carefully chosen and researched for their interest and variety, they make a fascinating record: 150 vignettes form a 'family album' of the Scottish people from the Romans in Scotland in the first century CE to climate change in the 2020s. And everything in between.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
b/w line drawings throughout
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
118 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78027-965-7 (9781780279657)
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Person
David Ross has written numerous books on aspects of Scottish history and culture, some serious and some less so. His most recent is The Killing Time, a study of Scotland between the Covenant of 1638 and the Union of 1707. Scottish humour is a particular interest, and he is compiler and editor of the best-selling Awa' an' Bile Yer Heid, an anthology of choice Scottish insults.