Biography & Travel Writing

The classic story of Robert Blair Mayne, late commanding officer of the first Special...

In 1773, James Boswell made a long-planned journey across the Scottish Highlands with...

In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy...

Mairi Hedderwick embarks on a six-month-long journey to 40 islands from Arran to Lewis,...

The Gaelic pharmacy was rich, the sources of which lay almost entirely in nature and...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be given your own remote islands?...

To know Sir Walter Scott as a man is as delightful and fruitful an experience as to...

As a barefoot lad in the Outer Hebrides, Bill Innes dreamed the impossible dream of...

This is a fascinating combination of biographical material about the great Scottish...

In telling the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie, this book, unusually, places his...

Thomas Telford's genius is reflected in the variety and great technical skill of his...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Where do you come from? It's one of the most basic...