Tyneside bursts with pride--not a swaggering conceit but the most obvious, warm, and pungent sense of civic pride in Britain. Tynesiders know who they are and everybody else does too. And yet there exists no comprehensive history of the place. Not since the middle of the 19th century has there been [...]

The story of the Highland clans is a gripping one, full of celebrated names and heroic deeds. It is also, as Alistair Moffat reveals, the story of a fearless people, shaped by the unique traditions and landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Here, he traces the history of the clans from their Celtic or[...]

A remarkable new piece of research that vividly uncovers Scotland's DNA Map. Since the openening of the Scottish Parliament there has been a revitalised interest in Scottish history and national identity. New technology and the mushrooming of genetic studies is spectacularly furthering our knowledge[...]

The brainchild of bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, historian Alistair Moffat and artist Andrew Crummy, the Great Tapestry of Scotland is an outstanding celebration of thousands of years of Scottish history and achievement, from the end of the last Ice Age to Dolly the Sheep. Like the Bayeu[...]

A story of the border: a place of beginnings and endings, of differences and similarities. This is also the story of an ancient place; where hunter-gatherers penetrated into the virgin interior, where Celtic warlords ruled, the Romans came but could not conquer, and where the glittering kingdom of N[...]

Covers a journey, from the Scottish islands and Scotland, to the English coast, Wales, Cornwall and Ireland, ignoring national boundaries to reveal the rich fabric of culture and history of Celtic Britain. This work presents an account of the oral history, legends and battles of a people whose past [...]

The only modern history of the area available in English, and an insight into the shaping of Italy and the Renaissance, this very readable history takes us from the flowering of the Etruscan civilisation right through following two millenia. An enthusiastic historical journey through a unique place [...]

Tyneside bursts with pride - not a swaggering conceit but the most obvious warm and pungent sense of civic pride in Britain. Tynesiders know who they are and everybody else does too. Yet not since the middle of the nineteenth century has there been a detailed study of the remarkable story of how Tyn[...]