Moffat’s journey into Scotland’s lesser-known stories is a window into things we thought we knew but probably didn’t! However, none of the locals were alerted of the danger, giving them no chance to flee or seek shelter. Tacitus wrote a speech which he attributed to Calgacus, saying that Calgacus gave it in advance of the Battle of Mons Graupius.

Historian Neil Oliver presents a compelling new portrait of Scottish history, peppered with action, high drama and centuries of turbulence that have helped to shape modern Scotland. The century and a half between the death of King William the Lion and the accession of the Stewarts witnessed major changes in the internal character of the kingdom and . A wide-ranging exploration of the origins of the Clearances from the 18th century to their culmination in the crofting legislation of the 1880s.Author Andy Hall along with actors, politicians, journalists, and more, has managed to capture some of Scotland’s most beautiful landscapes, along with what about these locations makes them so special. I also appreciated that in later chapters he seemed to dispense with some of his more jocular asides from the earlier chapters. Georgina Ritchie, Assistant Cultural Resources Advisor: I think Neil Oliver’s A History of Scotland is a good basic overview and is quite easy to digest. The only historical source that features him is Tacitus' Agricola, which describes him as "the most distinguished for birth and valour among the chieftains". I also constantly turn to Rosalind Marshall’s Scottish Queens, for a personal and engaging view of Scotland’s royal history.

A picky American girl on a boat to Scotland throws her oatmeal out the porthole every morning, unwittingly feeding the Loch Ness monster that follows her. Then he covers the ice ages and the peopling of Scotland, it's pre-history and goes right up to the modern era. Richard Bath, Scottish Field“The two most arresting parts of Pittock’s history, which develops from pioneering work by Michael Fry and Christopher Harvie, are his accounts of Scotland’s attempts in the century before the union of the parliaments to project its power overseas and of the sudden spurt given to individual Scottish talent by the Act of Union. The Soviet threat was to be managed by air and sea, and at this time, Scotland held 10 percent of the UK's naval and air forces, a significant U.Rather than just a chronological outline of Scottish history, this book takes readers through an exciting account of inventions and ideas that you may have never known originated in Scotland, and uncovers the impact that this country has had on the modern world.