Few countries have a more varied or romantic history than Scotland. A country that the Romans failed to subdue, that has been populated with inhabitants that include Picts, Scots and Vikings, that fought to reassert its independence in the face of many invasion attempts by southern neighbours, and whose line of kings would eventually inherit the English throne.
A country who Columba made into the centre of Celtic Christianity and which was one of the earliest to embrace Lutheranism. A country that has produced a seemingly endless supply of great inventors, scientists and doctors. But one which has often seen its best people leave for foreign shores. Scottish history books are as varied and fascinating as the country itself.
A History of the Scottish People, 1560-1830
An Honest Trade
An account of the dramatic changes which took place in the book trade during the 20th century.
Arran
Birlinn Companion to Scottish History
Black Friday
Blind Harry's Wallace
William Hamilton
A very readable version of the original book that made Wallace a legend.
Capital of the Mind
Clearance and Improvement
Cochrane
Cochrane the Dauntless
David Cordingly
The inspiring story of one of the great military heroes of all time.
Coll and Tiree
Culloden
Culloden and the Last Clansman
Eigg
Camille Dressler
An account of the history of the island and its people from ancient times to the celebrated community buyout in 1997.
From Sea to Sea
Len Paterson
A history the major canals in Scotland including the Caledonian Canal, the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Crinan Canal.
Glencoe
Highland Cowboys
Islay
Last of the Free
James Hunter
An analysis of the ways that the Western Highlands and Islands have been governed throughout history and how their culture has been affected.
Lewis & Harris
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs in History and Legend
Lords of Alba
Lost Edinburgh
Mary of Guise in Scotland 1548-1560
Medieval Scotland
Melrose AbbeyNine Against the Unknown
Lewis Grassic Gibbon
A history of nine famous explorers - from Leif Ericsson, to Magellan to Mungo Park.
North Uist in History and Legend
On the Trail of Queen Victoria in the Highlands
Orkney: A Historical Guide
Robert Bruce
Roman Scotland
RumScotland
Michael Lynch
A classic single volume survey of Scottish history, used by students and laymen alike.
Scotland A History, 8000 BC-AD 2000
Scotland and the Low Countries 1124-1994
Scotland From Prehistory to the Present
Scotland The Story of a Nation
Scotland's Empire 1600-1815
Scotland's Stone of Destiny
Scotland: A History
Scottish Battlefields
Scottish Queens 1034-1714
St. Kilda
Tales and Traditions of Scottish Castles
The Antonine Wall
The Argyll Book
The Castles of Scotland
The Celtic Placenames of Scotland
The Dam Builders
The Darien Disaster
The Declaration of Arbroath
The Flowers of the Forest
Trevor Royle
An exploration of how Scotland's role in the Great War caused massive changes in its economy and social fabric.
The Highland Clearances
The Highland Clearances Trail
The Lords of the Isles
The Mediaeval Castles of Skye and LochalshThe New History of Orkney
William P L Thompson
The definitive history of the Orkney Isles. Now in a long awaited second edition.
The Oxford Companion to Scottish History
The Reivers
The Rough Wooings
The Scottish Countryside
The Scottish Nation 1700-2007
The Small Isles
The Vikings
The Wall
Under the Hammer
Villages of Northern Argyll
Walking Through Scotland's History
West Highland Railway
William Wallace
William Wallace: Brave Heart