From prehistoric Scotland to the Brexit referendum, this little book covers all of the main events in Scottish history. A concise and excellent guide to Scottish history and how Scotland has come to be what it is today.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Scottish History
• Prehistoric Scotland
• The Romans
• The Picts
• The Scots
• Christianity
• St Andrew
• Iona
• Alba
• The Stone of Destiny
• The Vikings
• The Northern Isles
• Place names
• Macbeth
• St Margaret
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow
• Abernethy
• The English influence
• The Lion Rampant
• Alexander III
• The thistle
• John Balliol
• William Wallace
• Robert the Bruce
• Bannockburn
• Stirling
• A national anthem
• The Declaration of Arbroath
• Universities
• The Stewarts
• James I
• The Borders
• The Lords of the Isles
• James IV
• The Auld Alliance
• Mary
• The Reformation
• Queen of Scots
• The Royal Mile
• Presbyterianism
• The Union of the Crowns
• James VI & I
• The Covenanters
• Civil Wars
• Parliament
• The Stuarts
• The Kirk
• Jacobites
• The Highlands
• Clans
• Darien
• The line of succession
• The Act of Union
• Language
• Rebellion
• Bonnie Prince Charlie
• Culloden
• After Culloden
• America
• The Enlightenment
• Hume and Hutton
• Adam Smith
• Edinburgh’s New Town
• Robert Burns
• Haggis
• Ossian
• Walter Scott
• Tartan
• Regiments
• Bagpipes
• James Watt
• A merchant city
• Textiles
• The Highland Clearances
• The Northeast
• Whisky
• Scotch
• Medicine
• James Clerk Maxwell
• Inventors
• Engineering
• Industry
• Shipbuilding
• Emigration
• Canada
• Australia
• Asia
• Banking
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Golf
• Football
• Literature
• Law and order
• Immigration
• Home Rule
• Prime ministers
• The Labour Party
• The Great War
• Red Clydeside
• Radio and television
• Alexander Fleming
• Loch Ness
• World War II
• Festivals
• North Sea oil
• Nationalism
• Sport
• Film and culture
• Devolution
• Dolly and the Higgs boson
• Holyrood
• Referendum 2014
• Post referendum
• Conclusion