Scottish History


How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created our World & Everything in It
The Highland Clearances
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Culloden
Scotland: The Story of a Nation
A History Of Scotland
Glencoe: The Story of the Massacre
Robert the Bruce: King of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots
The Scottish Nation: A History, 1700 - 2000
The Scottish Clearances: A History of the Dispossessed, 1600 - 1900
The Picts: A History
The Wars of Scotland, 1214 - 1371
The Lion in the North: A Personal View of Scotland's History
Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques RousseauAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithCandide and Philosophical Letters by VoltaireCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantThe Enlightenment, Volume 1 by Peter Gay
The Enlightenment and its Impact
284 books — 96 voters
After Elizabeth by Leanda de LisleGod's Vindictive Wrath by Charles CordellGod's Secretaries by Adam NicolsonPirates of Barbary by Adrian TinniswoodUnnatural Murder by Anne Somerset
Early Stuart Britain
107 books — 19 voters


James Robertson
Scott found himself caught between a deep-seated loyalty to, and knowledge of, his country and an equally fundamental commitment to the Union with England. He sought to find a way for Scotland to accommodate its sense of identity with the economic and other benefits of being a partner in the greatest empire the world had yet seen, This was both a deliberate and a subconscious for a highly intelligent, complex, energetic and emotional man. To complete it successfully, the Scottish past had to b t ...more
James Robertson, Finding Out the Rest: History and Scotland Now

John Hill Burton
In historical literature, Scotland has taken the lead of every other European country. This makes it not a little remarkable, that no continuous and complete national history has been attempted until very recently. The contributions of Robertson, Pinkerton, Laing, Hume, and we may add to the list, McCrie, Cook, and others, refer chiefly to insulated periods, more or less interesting; and allowing for the prejudices and predelictions of some of the writers, they all form either valuable portions, ...more
John Hill Burton, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 1

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