Birlinn Origin

Night Falls on Ardnamurchan has become a classic account of the life and death of a...

"The place where the German U-boat sank the British battleship Royal Oak was none other...

These are the memoirs of a teacher from England who became headmaster of Garrynemonie...

Through his personality, ingenuity and ability, he initiated a resistance movement...

The Highland Clearances are a well-documented episode in Scotland's past but they were...

The Caledonian Canal records the history of one of Scotland’s most massive engineering...

As the most advanced frontier construction of its time, and as definitive evidence of...

The story of Islay, Jura and Colonsay is one of the most fascinating amongst all the...

The loss of two British ships crammed with American soldiers bound for the trenches of...

Written by a man who has gone on to become both an award-winning historian of the...

John Gregorson Campbell (1834-91) was one of the most outstanding folklorists working...

Highland Folk Ways vividly describes the many aspects and artefacts of our ancestors...