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The Black Douglases
War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781910900413
Pub Date: 2025-11-07
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
256 Pages
Michael Brown analyses the rise and fall of the Douglas family as the dominant magnates of the south of Scotland, from the deeds of the Good Sir James Douglas in the service of Bruce to the violent destruction of the Douglas earls in the 1450s.
The Forth and Clyde Canal
A History
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 9781912476435
Pub Date: 2025-11-07
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
144 Pages
The Forth and Clyde Canal, completed in 1790, was by far the largest engineering project that had ever been seen in Scotland. It allowed coal and machinery to travel East and grain to travel West. Passengers...
The Endless Tide
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781912476589
Pub Date: 2025-11-07
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
416 Pages
In The Endless Tide, Iain R. Thomson turns his attention to the Hebrides, and the collection of stories that permeate the area. Meeting a vast cast of characters, he ranges from personal anecdotes of...
This Great Harbour
Scapa Flow
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 9781912476862
Pub Date: 2025-11-07
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
400 Pages
Known by mariners since Viking times as a safe anchorage in notoriously savage waters, Scapa Flow is the seaway that runs between the Orkney mainland and the island of Hoy. As the northern base of the...
Cromwell and Scotland
Conquest and Religion 1650-1660
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781910900437
Pub Date: 2025-11-07
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
280 Pages
This book examines the role of religion in the story of Oliver Cromwell’s invasion and subsequent occupation of Scotland. Analysis of the printed propaganda produced by the Scots and the English makes...
The Briggers
The Story of the Men Who Built the Forth Bridge
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 9781839830044
Pub Date: 2024-11-12
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
144 Pages
The Forth Bridge has long been recognised as one of the finest examples of Victorian engineering on the planet and has achieved an iconic status as one of the great feats of western civilisation since...
Cupar
The History of a Small Scottish Town
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781912476732
Pub Date: 2024-11-05
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
288 Pages
Cupar was created a royal burgh in 1328, though its name is Pictish, suggesting that there had been an important settlement there since the 7th or 8th century if not earlier. Until the 16th century...
The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781912476923
Pub Date: 2024-07-02
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
216 Pages
The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days...

The Black Douglases
War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781910900413
Pub Date: 2025-11-07
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
256 Pages
The Forth and Clyde Canal
A History
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 9781912476435
Pub Date: 2025-11-07
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
144 Pages
The Endless Tide
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781912476589
Pub Date: 2025-11-07
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
416 Pages
This Great Harbour
Scapa Flow
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 9781912476862
Pub Date: 2025-11-07
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
400 Pages
Cromwell and Scotland
Conquest and Religion 1650-1660
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781910900437
Pub Date: 2025-11-07
Format: Paperback
Imprint: John Donald
280 Pages
The Briggers
The Story of the Men Who Built the Forth Bridge
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 9781839830044
Pub Date: 2024-11-12
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
144 Pages
Cupar
The History of a Small Scottish Town
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781912476732
Pub Date: 2024-11-05
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
288 Pages
The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781912476923
Pub Date: 2024-07-02
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Origin
216 Pages