Scotland The Story of a Nation

Name: Scotland The Story of a Nation
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ISBN: 9780802139320

ISBN-10: 0802139329

ISBN-13: 9780802139320

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Authors: Magnus Magnusson, Magnus Magnusson

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Hailed as a "vast, superb history [that] relates Scotland's past over a dozen millennia" (Kirkus Reviews), Magnusson draws on a great deal of modern scholarship to redefine a nation's history. He charts the long struggle toward nationhood, explores the roots of the original Scots, and examines the extent to which Scotland was shaped by the Romans, the Picts, the Vikings, and the English. Encompassing everything from the first Mesolithic settlers in 7000 B.C. to the present movements for independence, Scotland: The Story of a Nation is history on an epic level, essential reading for anyone interested in the rich past of this captivating land. Book jacket.

Book details

List price: $24.00
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/17/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 752
Size: 6.14" wide x 8.93" long x 1.66" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

Magnus Magnusson KBE was born in Reykjavik in 1929 and came with his family to Edinburgh at the age of nine months. He has had a distinguished career in broadcasting, journalism, historical and archaeological research, Icelandic and Old Norse studies, and environmental affairs. He married his wife, Mamie Baird, in 1954, and they have four children and nine grandchildren.



List of Illustrations


List of Maps


Introduction



In the Beginning



The Romans in Scotland



Picts, Scots, Britons, Angles and Others



Macbeth



Malcolm Canmore and St Margaret



David I



William the Lion



The Thirteenth Century: Alexanders II and III



John Balliol--'Toom Tabard'



William Wallace



Robert Bruce



David II



Robert II and Robert III



James I



James II



James III



James IV and the Renaissance



James V



Mary Queen of Scots: 1--Reign and the Reformation



Mary Queen of Scots: 2--Imprisonment and Civil War



James VI and the Union of the Crowns



Charles I and the National Covenant



Charles II and the Covenanters



James VII & II: The Last Stewart King



William and Mary: The 'Glorious Revolution'?



Queen Anne and the Act of Union



Risings and Riots



'Bonnie Prince Charlie' and the '45



Sir Walter Scott: 'The Wizard of the North'


Epilogue: 'There Shall be a Scottish Parliament'



Chronology



Kings and Queens of Scotland


Acknowledgements


Sources


Index