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
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
The Celts by John CollisThe Celtic World by Jennifer PaxtonThe Conquest of Gaul by Gaius Julius CaesarThe History of Rome, Books 1-5 by LivyA New History of Ireland by Theodore William Moody
The Celtic World Suggested Reading
81 books — 2 voters


Pamela Clare
[Connor to Major Wentworth, grandson of King George] "My fathers were lairds in the Highlands when yours were still farmin' kale back in Germany! ...more
Pamela Clare, Defiant

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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