With the question of Scottish independence once again on the agenda, this book will allow you to trace the events, both peaceful and bloody, that have brought the country to this point.

Table of Contents

• Meet the author
• In one minute
• 1 Scotland before the Scots
• 2 Building a kingdom
• 3 Norman Scotland
• 4 The golden age
• 5 A nation compromised
• 6 The wars of independence
• 7 The late mediaeval kingdom
• 8 Reformation and rebellion
• 9 Two crowns united
• 10 The conflict of the covenant
• 11 A restoration and another revolution
• 12 Union and Jacobitism
• 13 Industry and Enlightenment
• 14 The long Victorian age
• 15 Retreat and resurgence
• Taking it further
• Maps
• Image credits