History of Scotland

[Fougasse]

Try Scotland, A New History by Michael Lynch ISBN 0-7126-9893-0

[Scotus]

Scotland: The story of a Nation by Magnus Magnusson is one of the best histories I've read for an overview of Scottish history, so you've done well with this selection. I would recommend Alan Young's Robert the Bruce's Rivals: The Comyns. It's my favorite book dealing with a more specific aspect of Scottish history, but I'm a bit slanted toward the Comyn side in my views.

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Jamie

[Scotus]

Other than the two I've mentioned, another book one could add to their Scottish history library would be Scotland: The Making of the Kingdom, ed. by A.A.M. Duncan. Alan Young's In the Footsteps of Robert Bruce may seem like "picture book," but the historical content is quite good. I have James I by Michael Brown but found his take of James to be too negative, so I don't recommend it.

[macwilkin]

Other than the two I've mentioned, another book one could add to their Scottish history library would be Scotland: The Making of the Kingdom, ed. by A.A.M. Duncan. Alan Young's In the Footsteps of Robert Bruce may seem like "picture book," but the historical content is quite good. I have James I by Michael Brown but found his take of James to be too negative, so I don't recommend it.

I would second Young's In the Footsteps of Robert the Bruce. Much like his excellent history of the Comyns, those who tend to romanticize Bruce as a freedom fighter should be prepared to have the bubble popped.

I would also add Maggie Craig's Damn Rebel Bitches: the women of the '45 from Mainstream Publishing. I picked up my copy at the St. Louis games several years ago, and it was a great read about the role of women in the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, the most famous being "Colonel Anne" MacIntosh who raised a regiment for the Stuarts whilst her husband fought for the Hanoverians.

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T.