Famous Scots

Raised in the English court under the medieval code of chivalry, Robert the Bruce in...

Thomas Telford, the son of a shepherd, was born in Westerkirk, Scotland in 1757. At the...

Valentine's Day, 1613. Elizabeth Stuart, the sixteen-year-old granddaughter of Mary,...

When Mary Stuart was forced off the Scottish throne she fled to England, a move that...

mprisoning Mary Queen of Scots covers the lives and careers of the men and women who...

This is the first biography of Jean Gordon, who is best known as the first wife of the...

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

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

An infant queen. A teenage widow. Beautiful, flamboyant Mary Queen of Scots had a...

The iconic figure of Robert the Bruce has gone down through the centuries as one of the...

The definitive biography of Robert the Bruce, with extensive new material based on the...

Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh is renowned for his architectural...