Scotland: 1,000 Things You Need to Know

As the proud possessors of a fiercely independent creative heritage, the Scots were a race apart even before Hadrian built the wall. Scotland has produced an indomitable bunch of fighters, builders, thinkers and drinkers, poets, players and pedagogues that have shaped the course of modern history. “Scotland: 1,000 Things You Need To Know” is the real McCoy, a comprehensive guide to Caledonia and its remarkable people.

Reviews of Scotland: 1,000 Things You Need to Know

'Entertaining and scholarly – he writes like a Scottish Bill Bryson' The Courier 'A small, cheerful book… A valiant attempt to navigate the more trivial contours of enlightenment and clearances, crown and parliament, dirt and deity… In a different league to the Scottish novelty titles that get stocked next to the bookstore tills' Sunday Times