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£12.74
Curious Scotland: Tales From A Hidden History
George Rosie - Hardback - Granta
George Rosie unearths and illuminates many neglected aspects of Scottish history in a rich collection of episodes that range from the Picts to the Indian tribes of North America.
£7.99
The Real Gorbals Story: True Tales From Glasgow's Meanest Streets
Colin MacFarlane - Paperback - Mainstream
Colin MacFarlane witnessed the last days of the old Gorbals as a major regeneration programme began in 1961, and, as a street boy, he had an insight into a community in rapid decline. In this book, he reveals what it was like to live in the old Gorbals.
£16.99
Robert Craufurd: Wellington's Wayward Martinet
Ian Fletcher - Hardback - Pen & Sword Military
To most students of the Peninsular War the name Robert Craufurd usually evokes images of a battle-hardened martinet, flogging his men across Portugal and Spain, driving them hard. However, it is only half of the picture of this most complex character and it is the other half that has never before been revealed.
£12.99
The Royal Stuarts: A Family History Of Triumph, Tragedy And Failure
Allan Massie - Paperback - Pimlico
Drawing on the accounts of historians past & present as well as the representation of the Stuarts in novels & plays, Allan Massie gets beyond the stereotypes & presents a nuanced history of a remarkable family. He tells the story of an influential but often ill-fated dynasty, a bloody & tragic story full of drama & incident.
£11.04
Tommy's Peace: A Family Diary, 1919-33
Thomas Cairns Livingstone - Paperback - Mainstream
Thomas Cairns Livingstone began to note his day-to-day experiences in 1913 and continued faithfully for the next 30 years. With each witty and well-observed entry, he recorded events at home and abroad through times of war and peace, joy and sadness. In this follow-up to 'Tommy's War', the focus is on the post-war years.
£22.99
Empire, Union And Reform
Roger A. Mason - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
This volume focuses on a century of seismic change in the political, religious and cultural life of Scotland. It's major theme is the politics of union and multiple monarchy following the creation of a British imperial system in 1603 and the problems of Scottish autonomy and identity to which this gave rise.
£8.46
Largo's Untold Stories
Leonard Low - Paperback - Steve Savage
The village of Largo in Fife has many larger than life characters in its history and Leonard Low ranges from the ancient Romans, to a little-known Scottish admiral, to witch trials, to the original Robinson Crusoe, to an unscupulous sea captain, and to an expedition to find the North West Passage. This book is full of fascinating stories about Largo.
£60.00
New Perspectives On Medieval Scotland, 1093-1286
- Hardback - The Boydell Press
The essays collected here consider the changes and development of Scotland at a time of considerable flux in the 12th and 13th centuries.
£19.99
Power And Propaganda: Scotland, 1306-1488
Katie Stevenson - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
The late medieval period of the 14th and 15th centuries was a nation-building time for Scotland. Many of the broader themes of late medieval European history played out on a Scottish stage in the same period. This tumultous time shaped political rhetoric, literature and culture from the sixteenth century to the present day and has proved to be a 'usable past' for scholars of late medieval Scottish history, definitively shaping modern Scottish concerns and 'national' identities.
£55.00
Power And Propaganda: Scotland, 1306-1488
Katie Stevenson - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
The late medieval period of the 14th and 15th centuries was a nation-building time for Scotland. Many of the broader themes of late medieval European history played out on a Scottish stage in the same period. This tumultous time shaped political rhetoric, literature and culture from the sixteenth century to the present day and has proved to be a 'usable past' for scholars of late medieval Scottish history, definitively shaping modern Scottish concerns and 'national' identities.