Biographies of and by Scots

Here are the great figures of Scottish history, such as Wallace and Bruce, the Stewart kings, the military heroes such as Cochrane and Montrose, but also the poets, writers, politicians and sportsmen who have made Scotland what it is or gone out into the wider world and helped to shape it.


Book cover for Cochrane Cochrane

Donald Thomas


Book cover for Cochrane the Dauntless Cochrane the Dauntless

David Cordingly

The inspiring story of one of the great military heroes of all time.


Curriculum Vitae

Muriel Spark

Spark's childhood in Edinburgh and her subsequent life in Africa.


Book cover for For the Islands I Sing For the Islands I Sing

George Mackay Brown


Book cover for From the Alleghenies to the Hebrides From the Alleghenies to the Hebrides

Margaret Fay Shaw

An autobiography describing the author's absorption in the Gaelic culture of the Western Isles and her collection and recording of the folklore and music it contained.


Book cover for Hail Cesar Hail Cesar

Billy McNeill


Book cover for Hamish Henderson Hamish Henderson

Timothy Neat


Book cover for Jackie Stewart Jackie Stewart

Timothy Collings


Jim Clark

Andrew Tulloch

The career of perhaps the finest racing driver who ever lived.


Montrose

John Buchan


Oliver Cromwell

John Buchan


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George MacDonald Fraser


Book cover for Robert Bruce Robert Bruce

Colm McNamee


Robert Bruce

G.W.S. Barrow


Robert the Bruce

Fiona Watson


Robert the Bruce

Caroline Bingham


Book cover for Silver Smith Silver Smith

Neil Drysdale


Sir Walter Raleigh

John Buchan


Book cover for William Wallace William Wallace

Andrew Fisher


William Wallace

Chris Brown


 

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