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E-Book | Pub: 10 Dec 2012£9.99In 1612, George Sinclair, an illegitimate son of a Caithness laird, became a Norwegian national hero. Along with almost 300 of his followers, Sinclair was killed in an ambush in Norway while marching to join the king of Sweden’s army. Sinclair...
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E-Book | Pub: 01 Aug 2011£4.99‘While the army of the Goths makes war, the Romans may live in peace.’ AD 468. With the last Roman emperor of the West deposed, the Empire is in ruins – a plaything for the barbarian armies that rampage across it. This...
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Hardback | Pub: 06 Aug 2026£12.00
The Darien Venture was the singular event at the end of the seventeenth century that fundamentally altered Scotland’s future. ‘A powerfully clear account . . . Highly recommended for anyone interested in the colonial history of...
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E-Book | Pub: 06 Oct 2011£9.99
Trevor Royle examines Scotland’s role in the Second World War from a wide range of perspectives. The country’s geographical position gave it great strategic importance for importing war materiel and reinforcements, for conducting naval...
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Paperback | Pub: 03 Mar 2022£12.99
Few aspects of Scottish history inspire as fervent an interest as the wars with England. The exploits of not one, but two, national heroes – William Wallace and Robert Bruce – have excited the attention of a host of novelists, filmmakers,...
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Paperback | Pub: 04 Jun 2026£10.99
‘Fascinating and lyrical . . . A beautifully written celebration of a lifelong passion’ – Stephen Venables The relationship of people with hills and mountains has been complex, rich and varied – from awe and wonder to fear and...
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Paperback | Pub: 18 Aug 2022£25.00The creation of large new tracts of forest, together with the development of a modern wood processing sector, was the single biggest transformation to occur in the Scottish countryside during the twentieth century. While the environmental and...
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E-Book | Pub: 07 Sep 2017£4.99
Droving was once the lifeblood of Scotland’s rural economy, and for centuries Scotland’s glens and mountain passes were alive with thousands of cattle making their way to the market trysts of Crieff and Falkirk. With the Industrial Revolution,...
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Paperback | Pub: 06 Oct 2022£14.99
The Bruces of fourteenth-century Scotland were formidable and enthusiastic warriors. Whilst much has been written about events as they happened in Scotland during the chaotic years of the first part of the fourteenth century, England’s war with...
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Paperback | Pub: 18 Apr 2024£12.99On 31 December 1918, His Majesty’s Yacht Iolaire sailed from Kyle of Lochalsh for Stornoway, bearing home to the Hebrides nearly 300 naval veterans of the Great War. She never made it. At two in the morning, the ship ran aground by the mouth...
