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SCOTLAND
A Concise History Fitzroy Maclean Updated by Magnus Linklater
"A truly remarkable collection of illustrations, mostly unfamiliar, gathered with excellent judgement from many sources and beautifully reproduced."
Sir Fitzroy Maclean
for many years held important posts in the British diplomatic service,
armed forces, and government, and was an honorary LLD of Glasgow, Dundee
and Dalhousie Universities. His many publications include Holy Russia;
the highly acclaimed Tito: A Pictorial Biography; Bonnie Prince Charlie;
and Highlanders: A History of the Highland Clans. He died in
1996. ISBN 0-500-28233-1
· 7" x 9 1/4" paper · 250 illustrations
· 256 pages · HISTORY
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"The Scots," said a censorious English member of Parliament in 1607,
"have not suffered above two kings to die in their beds these two hundred
years." He may have exaggerated, but undeniably Scotland has a rough
and bloodstained history. It is a complex one too, but Sir Fitzroy Maclean
disentangles the threads and enlivens his brisk account with both wit
and scholarship. Pictures from authentic contemporary sources illuminate
his story — its romantic figures and bloody battles, its politics
and religion — and provide a rich visual record of Scotland's art,
craftsmanship, and intellectual life. For this revised edition, the
distinguished journalist Magnus Linklater (former editor of The Scotsman),
explores the renewed strengths of Scottish identity as the country enters
the new millennium with a new parliament.