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• Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms

  E-Book | Pub: 01 Nov 2012

  £8.99

  The Holy Grail, the kingdom of Camelot, The Knights of the Round Table and the magical sword Excalibur are all key ingredients of the legends surrounding King Arthur. But who was he really, where did he come from, and how much of what we read about...

• The Faded Map

  Paperback | Pub: 17 May 2011

  £10.99

  In this modern age the regional and national boundaries which define Scotland seem fixed and permanent. But of course this has not always been so. In this book Alistair Moffat looks at the shifting political shape of the land long before its modern...

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  The Great Tapestry of Scotland

  Hardback | Pub: 22 Jul 2021

  £30.00

  The Great Tapestry of Scotland is an outstanding celebration of thousands of years of Scottish history and achievement, from the end of the last Ice Age to Dolly the Sheep and Andy Murry’s Wimbledon victory of 2013. More than 1000 stitchers spent...

• The Highland Clearances

  Paperback | Pub: 06 Jun 2016

  £14.99

  The Highland Clearances stands out as one of the most emotive chapters in the history of Scotland. This book traces the origins of the Clearances from the eighteenth century to their culmination in the crofting legislation of the 1880s. In...

• Insurrection

  Paperback | Pub: 03 Mar 2022

  £12.99

  Discover Scotland’s forgotten revolution… Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize When Scotland’s 1846 potato crop was wiped out by blight, the country was plunged into crisis. In the Hebrides and the West Highlands a huge relief effort...

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  The King in the North

  Paperback | Pub: 20 Oct 2022

  £18.99

  Some years ago a revolution took place in Early Medieval history in Scotland. The Pictish heartland of Fortriu, previously thought to be centred on Perthshire and the Tay found itself relocated through the forensic work of Alex Woolf to the shores...

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  The Makers of Scotland

  Paperback | Pub: 15 Jul 2013

  £9.99

  During the first millennium AD the most northerly part of Britain evolved into the country known today as Scotland. The transition was a long process of social and political change driven by the ambitions of powerful warlords. At first these men...

• The Picts

  Paperback | Pub: 20 Jun 2016

  £12.99

  Discover the true story of the ancient Picts. The Picts were an ancient nation who ruled most of northern and eastern Scotland during the Dark Ages. Despite their historical importance, they remain shrouded in myth and misconception. Absorbed by the...

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  Scotland: Defending the Nation

  Hardback | Pub: 11 Oct 2018

  £30.00

  Scotland has had a uniquely important military history over the last five centuries. Conflict with England in the 16th century, Jacobite rebellions in the 18th century, 20th-century defences and the two world wars, as well as the Cold War, all...

• The Sea Kingdoms

  E-Book | Pub: 01 Aug 2011

  £6.99

  ‘The most powerful representation yet of the race which has repeatedly changed history as we know it’ – The Scotsman Alistair Moffat’s journey, from the Scottish islands and Scotland, to the English coast, Wales, Cornwall and...

• The Wall

  Paperback | Pub: 06 Mar 2017

  £12.99

  This is the story behind Rome’s greatest frontier – Hadrian’s Wall. Hadrian’s Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monument in Britain. Nothing else approaches its vast scale: a land wall...

• William Wallace

  Paperback | Pub: 28 Jun 2007

  £10.99

  This is the true story of William Wallace. William Wallace has always been one of the great heroes of Scottish history. By no means prepared by birth, education or training for leadership, Wallace nevertheless rose to prominence during the Wars of...