From the Stone Age to the present, this book charts the impact of the Celts, Picts, Romans, Irish, Vikings, and English, of battles, wars and empire. The great and the good figure prominently, of course, but the story of Scotland is also about ordinary people, who lived and loved, worked and died, mostly leaving no record at all. Under the guidance of Gordon Menzies, Scotland's leading historians have combined to produce a work that is revealing and authoritative. Powerful people figure prominently in the book: St. Columba, Queen Margaret, David I, Wallace, Bruce, James III, James IV, James...

Two classic books are brought together here. Written history begins with the Romans and that is the starting point for Who are the Scots?. The Celtic-speaking peoples who defied the Romans from their hill forts are recorded by Tacitus in the first century AD. For the next thousand years and more Picts, Britons, Gaels, Angles, Norsemen and Anglo-Normans migrated, fought and inter-married until something like a nation began to emerge at the end of the thirteenth century.The Scottish Nation takes up the story. Against a backdrop of rival dynasties struggling among themselves and against the...

The pet owners guide to Axolotls. This book covers what you need to successfully keep an Axolotl as a pet and also covers health issues and various questions and answers.

The pet owners guide to Axolotls. This book covers what you need to successfully keep an Axolotl as a pet and also covers health issues and various questions and answers.

The pet owners guide to Axolotls. This book covers what you need to successfully keep an Axolotl as a pet and also covers health issues and various questions and answers.