Biography & Travel Writing

Angus MacLellan was regarded throughout his own lifetime as one of Scotland's finest...

Although related to one of the ruling families of Ireland, Columba (c 521-97) became a...

A fascinating look into the history and landscape of the Hebridean Islands. Madeleine...

In an old wooden sloop, Philip Marsden plots a course north from his home in Cornwall....

This is the story of Duncan Napier who founded Edinburgh's herbalist shop in 1860....

A facsimile of Hugh Miller’s notes recording his rambles around Scotland in the mid...

Being a woman was her only crime. Scottish Highlands, 1727. In the aftermath of a...

This is the first comprehensive study of Coinneach Odhar Mackenzie, the celebrated...

When the producer of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo suddenly fell ill in 1995,...

Discover one of the Scottish Enlightenment's brightest stars. Among the giants of...

Peter McNab was reared on Mull, as was his father, and his grandfather before him. In...

The story of the vivacious, confident and striking Sheila Chisholm. From meeting her...