Scottish History: Strange but True

by John Hamilton, Noreen Hamilton

An ancient Scots law says that the head of any dead whale found on the Scottish coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail the property of the queen.The Scots excel at elephant polo, a game usually played in the East. The modern game was co-founded in the 1980s in Scotland, and the Scots are top of the leader board!This book contains hundreds of ‘strange but true’ facts and anecdotes about Scottish history. Arranged into a miniature history of Scotland, and with bizarre and hilarious true tales for every era, it will delight anyone with an interest in Scottish history.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Historical

192 pages, Paperback

Published July 4, 2018

Reviews

[A.K. Frailey · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book! Lots of interesting details about Scottish history and the prodigious people who make up Scottish heritage. I'm finding all sorts of references to events mentioned here in other resources, so this book really adds depth to all my historical reading.

[Ana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really fun read of a few things relating to Scottish history in the realm of inventions, combined with a feel for what kind of ideas/objects of the world were shaped by the way Scots thought/did them. Seeing as I live in Scotland at the moment, this will be extremely useful for conversation topics with born and bread Scottish people. Can I say Scot more?

[Marilyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

A collection of anecdotes from the history of Scotland. Light reading, for sure. It is sometimes informative, sometimes amusing. However, it suffers from a very haphazard organization. Not exactly chronological. It feels like the authors just began collecting random bits and pieces of Scottish history and culture and then gathered them together and called it a book. Very amateurish illustrations reinforce this conclusion. Amusing enough, but don't expect too much.

[M. L. Valard · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 stars

I wanted to like this more than I did. It did have some very interesting tidbits in it of things I definitely wasn't familiar with. However, it was a very disjointed and disconnected feeling read and suffered for it a bit in my opinion. This is a very light read, easy enough if you just want a random smattering of interesting tidbits of history and I don't regret reading it, just do definitely wish it had been a bit more organized a bit differently.

[Sheri-lee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gifted to me by a friend prior to an upcoming trip to Scotland. I knew most of these stories from other reading I had done so nothing really new an interesting for me. It feels like it would be more fun for kids.

[Karen Floyd · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very entertaining.
BTW, my book is a paperback from 2018, not a Kindle edition.

[Melisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading all the unknown, strange, and interesting stories offered by this small book. It was a fun way to pass silent reading time at school.

[Grand Nerd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full of interesting little titbits of knowledge, which I like.

[Toni Tilton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice stories

Very light reading & sweet stories. I was looking for more depth without being overwhelmed. Ok book. Authors shared nice stories.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very enjoyable little book, full of fascinating and obscure nuggets of information.

[Mandilynn6 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly, it was okay. It read like a Reader's Digest/textbook. Not my cup of tea, but it had some interesting stories.