Scotland: A New History

Columba, Bannockburn, Robert Bruce, the nobles, Home Rule, Kenneth mac Alpin, the Wars of Independence, the union of the crowns, Mary, Queen of Scots, the Convenanters, the Reformation, Flodden, the industrial revolution, James VI, Thomas Chalmers, the union of parliaments, John Knox, the Canmore dynasty, Glencoe, the Enlightenment, the Highland Clearances, devolution, the Jacobites…Scotland is the first full-length, one-volume history of the country for more than twenty years. It spans twenty centuries, from the Picts to the present day. It is thrilling, comprehensive, provocative and timely.

Reviews of Scotland: A New History

"It's a book that seems more like a multi-volume history, so sweeping is it; yet lucid and captivating even in detailed areas… Fundamental to Lynch's approach is a sense of connection between now and then, however far back; he continuously shows how Scottish identity refashions its heroes and myths, yet clings to survival" — Douglas Gifford "A monumental achievement" Times Literary Supplement "Breathtaking and absorbing" Scottish Field "Fascinating…it ought to be compulsory reading for all MPs, journalists and commentators before they were permitted to talk about European economic and political union" — Tom Wilkie Independent