Good general history

**neloon** · 23rd July 22, 01:40 AM

Magnus Magnusson's "Scotland - The Story of a Nation" should definitely be there,

Alan

**COScotsman** · 23rd July 22, 12:40 PM

Magnusson's text is very good.

**kilted2000** · 23rd July 22, 12:48 PM

I was looking for more of a social history. Isn't Magnusson's book more about politics?

**COScotsman** · 23rd July 22, 02:46 PM

If you like the story telling facet of Scottish life, Sir Walter Scott's Tales of a Scottish Grandfather Vols 1-4 is enjoyable.

**jf42** · 9th August 22, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by COScotsman

If you like the story telling facet of Scottish life, Sir Walter Scott's Tales of a Scottish Grandfather Vols 1-4 is enjoyable.

But on the story telling front, Sir Walter did just make things up in "Tales of a Grandfather." Together with David Stewart of Garth, Scott also presided over the King George IV's 'Jaunt' to Edinburgh in 1822, and all that followed.

**kilted2000** · 9th August 22, 11:57 AM

I took the advice of various posters above and am reading Magnusson's book. I am also reading Waverly, it seems like it's the book that started it all.

**EagleJCS** · 10th August 22, 06:55 AM

Project Gutenberg* ("PG") has several of Sir Walter Scott's (two t's, please - generally, Scot is the ethnicity, Scott is the family) novels available for free. Most of the books on the website are transcriptions of books that are out of print or are otherwise no longer published. The Clan Scott Society offered the Sir Walter Scott electronic books to members a few years back and I've been wading my way through them in order, taking an occasional break to read something different from time to time. I'm maybe 2/3 through what I have at this point.

To the OP's question, it's likely the PG site has some histories available for your perusal. Bonne chance!

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**WalesLax** · 10th August 22, 10:46 AM

I am only half kidding when I suggest "Horrible Histories: Scotland."

https://www.amazon.com/Horrible-Histories-Special-Martin-illustrator/dp/1407185691/ref=sr_1_1?crid=AX05V4DAH36V&keywords=horrible+his tories+scotland&qid=1660153419&s=books&sprefix=hor rible+histories+scotland%2Cstripbooks%2C101&sr=1-1

**Lallans** · 10th August 22, 04:05 AM

Originally Posted by COScotsman

If you like the story telling facet of Scottish life, Sir Walter Scott's Tales of a Scottish Grandfather Vols 1-4 is enjoyable.

I travel used bookstores a fair bit, and have never seen them; Scott is in fact rarely seen on the shelves except rarely for the Waverly Novels. I did inherit a complete bound set of those and the Tales are not among them, but Scott's output was of course prodigious.