Scotland: A History from Earliest Times by Alistair Moffat

Scotland: A History from Earliest Times by Alistair Moffat

From the Ice Age to the Scottish Referendum, historian and author Alistair Moffat explores the history of the Scottish nation. As well as focusing on key moments in the nation's history such as the Battle of Bannockburn and the Jacobite Risings, Moffat also features other episodes in history that are perhaps less well documented.

'The great thing about Moffat's account is that, for all its emphasis on uncertainty, it rattles along with complete narrative certainty, to the extent that great events consistently take even a historically literate reader unawares'

* Scottish Review of Books *

'For Alistair Moffat, history is rooted in the personalNow ... he has produced what is undoubtedly his most ambitious work. Scotland: A History From Earliest Times encompasses 500 million years, from when the tectonic plates were shifting to form the land mass we recognize today to the referendum and its aftermath'

-- Alan Taylor * The Herald *

'Moffat plunders the facts and fables to create a richly-detailed and comprehensive analysis of a nation's past and references a huge number of sources'

* Scotland Magazine *

'[T]his is a very readable, well-researched and fluent account'

* Scotland on Sunday *

'A very readable, well-researched and fluent account'

-- Stuart Kelly * The Scotsman *

'With his instinctive flair and accessible style, Moffat gets right under the skin of the country'

* Farming Scotland *

Alistair Moffat was born and bred in the Scottish Borders. He is the author of a number of highly acclaimed books including The Reivers, The Wall: Rome's Greatest Frontier, Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms, The Faded Map, The Scots: A Genetic Journey and The Sea Kingdoms. 

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ISBN 13	9781780274386
ISBN 10	1780274386
Title	Scotland: A History from Earliest Times
Author	Alistair Moffat
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Birlinn General
Year published	2017-09-21
Number of pages	544
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