4.34 avg rating — 1,060 ratings

"The best of Nigel Tranter's works. Shows Robert the Bruce as not only a great leader, but also as very human. An incredible 1000 pages of reading!"

4.02 avg rating — 12,229 ratings

"A wonderful, beautifully written novel about a Cape Breton, Nova Scotia family and their ancestors from Scotland."

4.03 avg rating — 143 ratings

"Tranter's novel about Kenneth Mac Alpin, who united the Picts and Scots in a time of internal strife and external threats. Great history, romance, and adventure, and seemingly accurate."

4.32 avg rating — 31 ratings

"Gordon Anthony's first historical novel, and perhaps his best! A gripping saga, which begins in Scotland around 200 CE, moves to Rome, then to Germany, and back to Northern Scotland—in a span of about 15 years. This is the story of Brude, a 16-year-old Pict, who fights and is quickly captured and enslaved by the Roman legions just south of Hadrian's Wall, is selected for gladiatorial training, wins his freedom, and then chooses to return to his small village, Broch Tava. "

3.90 avg rating — 100 ratings

"Tranter continues the story, about 150 years after Kenneth Mac Alpin, with mormaors vying to be High King, assassinations, and battles with Viking marauders."

4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings

"An engrossing novel of war and intrigue, as Celtic tribes battle the Roman legions in Southern Britain around 45 CE."

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings

"Another terrific book in the Calgacus series! This book focuses on the revolt of the British Celtic tribes, led by Queen Boadicea of the Iceni, against the Roman occupiers around 60 CE. "

4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings

"The fifth book in Anthony's Calgacus series—very loosely based on the writings of Tacitus about the defeat of the Celtic Ordovices tribe in Wales and England in 77 -78 CE. Another terrific book in this series!
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4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings

"A fast-paced, exciting tale of the Roman occupation of Britain/Wales around 57 CE, and the Celtic tribes resistance and acquiescence to it (based on a few murky historical accounts)."

4.08 avg rating — 4,037 ratings

"A moving and informative novel about the Easter Rising of 1916, which starts on the Titanic, moves to Boston, and then to Dublin."

4.02 avg rating — 3,284 ratings

"An excellent, fast-paced novel about the struggles between the Celts of Gaul, led by Vercingetorix and a chief druid, and the Roman legions, led buy Julius Caesar."

4.22 avg rating — 134 ratings

"A fast-moving, time-travel tale of two people who go back to Belfast, Ireland right before the Titanic is built, with religious antagonisms great."

3.89 avg rating — 562 ratings

"A terrific novel about a Saxon woman who married both the kings of Wales and England, with interesting information given about life in Wales and Ireland 1000 years ago."

4.14 avg rating — 4,345 ratings

"A stirring and romantic novel about Brian Boru."

3.95 avg rating — 631 ratings

"An entertaining and suspenseful novel about an Englishman, who becomes aware of his Scottish heritage and the history of Scotland, including the massacre at Glencoe, Columba, and the Picts."

4.20 avg rating — 326 ratings

"A good sequel to Legend of the Celtic Stone"

3.82 avg rating — 231 ratings

"A short, fast-moving novel about the guerrilla war waged by the Picts against the Roman legions that invaded Northern Scotland in the first century CE. Gives a good explanation for the Battle of Mons Graupius not taking place."

4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings

"This book in the Calgacus series mainly takes place in Britain around 70 CE, with chapters also occurring in Rome, which descended into chaos and conflict after the death of Nero. "

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings

"A very good historical novel about the battles between the Cruithne (Picts) and Romans around 100 CE."

4.12 avg rating — 2,429 ratings

"A speculative tale, part history and part fantasy, about the Galician Celts, and their conquest of Ireland."

4.06 avg rating — 12,139 ratings

"A moving, interesting novel about a boy's coming of age in an unusual Irish family; but most of all, we learn the myths and history of Ireland, as told by a storyteller who travels the country."

4.16 avg rating — 733 ratings

"A rewarding novel, but with quite a few chapters that are hard to get through. It does give you a good idea on what life was like in the pre-World War II Orkney Islands of Scotland, and how the war changed them. "