Scottish History

Between 1638 and 1688 Scotland was in an almost constant state of civil unrest because...

The story of Scotland’s castles is woven into the history of the country. These...

In the centuries which are the focus of this book, Scotland was going though a period...

The 2000-plus years of Scottish history have seen a huge variety of events, from great...

Discover the true story of St. Kilda. When the last 36 inhabitants of St Kilda, 40...

In the nineteenth century Oban became the transport hub of the Highlands, making it an...

Guthrie Hutton's second book on Perth for Stenlake features almost 180 archive...

Fraserburgh is famed as a fishing port, and every aspect of this cornerstone of the...

These two densely populated areas of Glasgow have seen some major changes over the past...

There is more to Bannockburn than the battle that carried its name-and from the...

In the Clearances of the 19th century, crofts - once the mainstay of Highland life in...

In 1527 Hector Boece, the first Principal of King's College Aberdeen, wrote in his...

This book contains hundreds of strange but true stories about Scottish history....

Richard Clubley loves Scotland's islands, but it is Orkney that has stolen his heart....

Occupying a large corner of south-west Scotland, Dumfries & Galloway's dramatic...

Scotland's fourth city has many secrets just waiting to be discovered and in Secret...

After the German surrender in 1918, the German High Seas Fleet was interned at Scapa...

This Morayshire town is a Royal Burgh dating from the 12th century and at one time had...

This is the extraordinary story of Knight and Lomas's fourteen year quest to uncover...

There are strange relics hidden across Scotland’s landscape: forgotten places that are...

Knoydart - the northern edge of the 'Rough Bounds' is one of the most evocative names...

The companion to Damn Rebel Bitches, Maggie Craig focuses on the men of the Jacobite...

Fourteen centuries ago, Irish saints brought the Word of God to the Hebrides and...

Few nations on earth are more inundated with reportings of hauntings and paranormal...

Illustrated with gorgeous photographs, Abandoned Scotland provides a fascinating...

In December 2020, it was announced that the Stone of Destiny was to be returned to...

A social history of the old miners' rows near Dalry, Ayrshire.

A Royal burgh since 1191, Dundee had a turbulent early history with various sackings,...

For most people, the story of the Jacobites perished on a bitter day in April 1746 when...

Until the 1920s, Perth hadn't spread much beyond what we call the 'town centre'. In...

Scotland’s largest city has always been one of the most vibrant, varied and fascinating...

Beyond Fort William, on the road to the Isles, lies Morar, the 'Highlands of the...

Ian Robertson Hamilton was an unknown law student at Glasgow University until Christmas...

Written by a distinguished son of Galloway, John F Robertson, this fascinating book...

With its castle, hotels and shops, Huntly has long served as the focal point for its...

Potted history and annotated old photographs of this East Neuk town. Among the...

A unique collection of coloured postcards from the Victorian and Edwardian eras....

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

In the 18th century shotgun weddings were not unusual, but in most cases it wasnt the...

From the earliest times to devolution, Brexit and beyond, this edition of Scotland...

Read the fascinating histories of twelve noteworthy and sensational Scottish trials...

In a bygone age when few people travelled far from their homes and almost any journey...

The Isle of Arran dominates the Firth of Clyde. A favourite haunt of holidaymakers, it...

THe Honours of Scotland tells the turbulent story of the Honours - Scotland's crown...

Between the 1930s and 1980s, folk singer Jock Duncan interviewed around 60 veterans of...

Rosslyn Chapel is a deeply enigmatic 15th-century Gothic masterpiece, situated near...

On a hillside near Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands in May 1752 a rider is...

Scots were involved in every stage of the slave trade: from captaining slaving ships to...

The heroic and inspiring story of the fortunes of the Black Watch, whose soldiers have...

What have you heard about Scottish history? Don’t believe a word! In Scotland we do not...

She has been commonlie called a rank witch these many years bygane - the trial of agnes...

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

Meticulously researched, The Mysterious Case of the Stone of Destiny is a gripping...

An absolute must-read for those of you who love the Island of Arran. Full of anecdote...

Fascinating photographic history of Scotland from ancient times to the present day...

Merlin is a legend, but legends seldom come from nothing. His true story sheds light on...

This fascinating history of the Earldom of Orkney, which was established in the Viking...

In some of the more remote parts of Ayrshire one can find traces of old roadways that...

Here is the strange, fascinating story of Coinneach Odhar, the Brahan Seer, otherwise...

This fully-illustrated guide explores all things strange and uncanny, paranormal and...

Urban myth... folklore...body snatching... how much do you really know about Aberdeen?...

Although the region has a somewhat bloodthirsty history as the site of the infamous...

Part of a trilogy on Scottish history, T.M. Devine's The Scottish Nation: A Modern...

With spectacular images from the collections of local photographers John Wood and...

The Isle of Skye offers a magical combination of wild land and breath-taking natural...

A fascinating collection of old photographs of this Dumfriesshire town, accompanied by...

When Greyfriars Graveyard opened in Edinburgh in the sixteenth century, built on the...

The Debatable Land was an independent territory which used to exist between Scotland...

Scapa Flow in the Orkneys would be the forbidding destination for many thousands of...

Thanks to Shakespeare, the name Macbeth has become a byword for political ambition...

The brainchild of bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, historian Alistair Moffat...

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

Two thousand years ago, southern Scotland was part of a great empire, the Roman Empire....

A History of Irish Republicanism in Dundee, c1840 to 1985 charts the peaks and troughs...

A detailed history of Turnberry Airfield through two world wars.

In Scotland’s Sacred Goddess, Stuart McHardy explores the pre-Christian beliefs of the...

In the late eighteenth century, the number of people living in rural areas decreased as...

Dog-loving Scotsman Peter MacQueen is embarking on an extraordinary adventure, guided...

In this book the author pursues his long-held objective of investigating the more...

Rosslyn Chapel Revealed offers the reader an increased understanding and respect for...

The hydro-electric project was a crusade, with a marvellous goal: the prize of...

This is the essential guide to everything strange, marvellous and paranormal on the...

Covering the area of Central Buchan which has Mintlaw at its heart, this book...

From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, poltergeists and related supernatural...

A long overdue volume combining the authors lively and informative style with dramatic...

The Slate Islands lie off the west coast of Argyll. Slate has been taken from these...

From the Early Neolithic farm at Knap of Howar to the flamboyant chapel built by...

Monsters, lunatics, vampires, werewolves and evil dolls, stones entombing bodies, faces...

Having succumbed to the 1970s craze for dramatic town centre redevelopment, it's...

A fascinating look at the history of Scotland, from the Ice Age all the way up to the...

The two most visited islands in Scotland, Mull and Iona have played a central role in...

At 1.55am on 1st January 1919, a naval yacht carrying sailors home on leave ran aground...

Wedlock is the remarkable story of the Countess of Strathmore and her marriage to...

Fatal Duty details those police officers killed while on duty in Scotland through acts...

The wars fought in Scotland's northern and western highlands between the ninth and...

The 1745 Jacobite Uprising was doubtless one of the greatest challenges to the...

This is the story of how Scotland has defined itself through its art over the past 5000...

The medieval earldoms of Orkney and Caithness were positioned between two worlds, the...

Explores the rich material contained within a collection of oral history recordings...

A Look Back at Kilmarnock in old photographs with detailed captions.

The lives of the Scottish queens, both those who ruled in their own right, and also the...

In Scotland’s Geomythography, Stuart McHardy introduces readers to geomythography, a...

Celebrating its 900th year, Edinburgh is an unrivalled theatre of story. In this...

When former Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, and his son Malcolm lost their seats in...

From prehistory to the present day, the story of Edinburgh is packed with incident and...

This slim guide gives a definitive account of the events leading up to, and the night...

The 'Gateway to the Highlands', the ancient town of Crieff's beautiful location has...

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

Fifty-one superb period photographs are featured in this history of the region around...

From reports of haunted castles, hotels, public houses, chapels and churchyards, to...

Guthrie Hutton brings his knowledge and writer's eye for detail to some of Scotlands...

This book, now in its third edition, continues to be a constant favourite. It draws...

This book tells the amazing story of Stirling's history from earliest times to the...

Aberdeen City Centre History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of...

Auchinleck experienced a boom in the mid-nineteenth century as mining took off on a...

40 miles to the west of mainland Scotland lie the Outer Hebrides, forming a barrier to...

For much of its history, Orkney had its own language, culture and institutions. The...

This Ayrshire village has its origins as a staging point in the days of horse coaches....

Perhaps best known for his extensive body of work on industrial archaeology, in this...

Few aspects of Scottish history inspire as fervent an interest as the wars with...

Underwater archaeology paints a dramatic picture of life in the prehistoric past. The...

The historic county of Fife is a natural peninsula on the east coast of Scotland,...

A moving and personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages and...

In the summer of 1914 Scotland prepared for war. Thousands of Scottish men of the...

The story of the Jacobite Rebellions really began in 1534, when King Henry VIII changed...

Putting the later Covenanter Rebellions in their proper socio-economic, political and...

Perth, Blairgowrie, Crieff, Pitlochry, Aberfeldy all feature as well as the wider...

Since 1945 the world has changed at breakneck speed, and life in post-war Scotland is...

Neolithic farmers, iron age settlers, clan dynasties and, in the 20th century, the...

A History of Scottish Witches: The Devil's Handmaidens explores the phenomenon of witch...

Scotland is one of the oldest nations in Europe. Its territory remains fundamentally...

Man's inhumanity to man is brought sharply into focus as entire communities are swept...

Besides the expected views of the town, the Cathedral and the Bishop's Palace are the...

Bestselling book telling the story of the Border Reivers. From the early fourteenth...

At Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919, there occurred an event unique in naval history. The...

This is the story of ordinary men and women involved in the Rebellion, who were...

Thomas Annan established his photography business in 1855, and within a matter of years...

A guide to the Buildings of the Isle of Arran.

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

Inverness can date its origin back to Pictish times, however there is exidence of the...

‘The Scots’, said a censorious English member of Parliament in 1607, ‘have not suffered...

One of the great classics of Scottish history, The Drove Roads of Scotland interweaves...

The Declaration of Arbroath, 6 April, 1320, is one of the most remarkable documents to...

Based on personal memories of his life in Ireland and Scotland in the early 1900s, this...

'Coffin roads' along which bodies were carried for burial are a marked feature of the...

Walking the Antonine Wall charts a voyage on foot along one of Scotland's most...

This is the extraordinary story of how salt fish from Shetland became one of the staple...

Throughout its existence, Glasgow has been a city of great complexity. From its...

It is easy to overlook how much of our history is preserved all around us - the way the...

Featuring 21 stories of murder, myth and mystery from Lochaber's dark past, from the...

The harbours and piers of Ayrshire have a long and interesting history. The old creeks...

This is the story of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland as it has never been told...

This is a brand new, greatly expanded and fully revised edition of this renowned work,...

The history of Perth Academy stretches back to the twelfth century when Benedictine...

This book is for anyone interested in the darker side of the history of the...

The first full length account of the history of the army of disinherited sons and...

The Pitkin Guide to Scotland's Kings & Queens.

Pictures of Carntyne farm show that Shettleston and Tollcross were once rural...

This is a follow-up and complementary volume to 'Bygone Galashiels' and there is no...

Aberdeen stands on an impressive site between the rivers Dee and Don. Join us on a...

The kingdom of Scots was the last of the non-Anglo-Saxon states of Britain to survive...

More than one hundred years after the battle of Jutland, the first and largest...

Glasgow was once the second city of the Empire, producing ships, locomotives, cars and...

A selection of photographs comparing Coatbridge of industrial times with how it is...

Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, has much to celebrate. The city has been central to...

For many years travellers to the Hebrides recorded their journeys by sea. This book...

Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788) was the grandson of Britain’s last Stuart king...

The story of Scotland's male witches and wizards always promised to be a convulted one,...

Most of the photographs in this book date from the 1890s to the 1930s and with a few...

Dating from the thirteenth century, Hawick has a proud history as a market town and the...

Using in-depth knowledge of the connections between the cosmology and linguistics of...

From Scottish canals expert Gurthie Hutton, this covers the route of the Union Canal...

Aberdeen in 50 Buildings explores the history of this rich and vibrant city through a...

Gourock Then & Now shows how the late Victorian and Edwardian housing looks much the...

In an area invaded by the Norse, the town of Dingwall evolved from their first...

In this revealing book, Roman historian and archaeologist Andrew Tibbs uncovers the...

Its ‘development from unremarkable byway to today’s modern thoroughfare’ is how the...

This long-overdue new history of Oban (An t-Òban, meaning 'the little bay' in Gaelic)...

Yet another superb photo album from Guthrie Hutton; this one covers the crofts,...

This spectacular book combines a wonderful collection of images of Dundee with...

At last a book about the Queen of the South, and it's a good un' with an excellent text...

This book tells the tale of a cluster of Lothian mining villages from the coal worked...

In 1984 the National Coal Board announced a reduction in coal output that amounted to...

Bannockburn 1314: 700 Years On is the definitive account of the most legendary battle...

That the tearooms of Moffat can be busy and brisk on a wet Wednesday in February or any...