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Author Maclean, Fitzroy, 1911-1996.

Title Scotland : a concise history / Fitzroy Maclean.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2012.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  941.1 M163S    Check Shelf
Edition Fourth edition.
Description 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents 'Polished from the rust of Scottish barbarity.' The mists of antiquity ; The Romans ; Four races ; The coming of Christianity ; Columba ; The Norsemen ; Malcolm Ceann Mor ; The Normans ; The French Alliance ; The Maid of Norway ; The Succession ; Edward I of England -- 'Not for glory, nor riches, nor honour, but only for that liberty.' William Wallace ; Robert Bruce ; Bannockburn ; The House of Stewart ; The great nobles ; The Kingdom of the Isles ; The Red Harlaw -- 'They spend all their time in wars and when there is not war, they fight one another.' James IV ; The Renaissance ; The Highland Clans ; The Auld Alliance ; Flodden Field ; Brawling nobles ; The Rough Wooing ; The coming of the Reformation ; John Knox ; Mary Queen of Scots ; Her abdication -- 'The great marriage day of this nation with God.' A succession of Regents ; James VI and the Kirk ; 'No Bishops, no King' ; The Union of the Crowns ; The rise of Clan Campbell ; Charles I ; The National Covenant ; Montrose ; Cromwell -- 'Ane end of ane auld sang.' The Commonwealth ; The Restoration ; Charles II ; The Covenanters ; The Killing Time ; James VII ; William and Mary ; Killiecrankie ; Mi-run mor nan Gall ; Glencoe ; Darien ; The Union -- 'The King over the water.' The Fifteen ; Old Mr. Melancholy ; The Nineteen ; The Fourty-five ; Charlie's Year -- 'For a' that.' 'Lochaber no more' ; 'The more mischief the better sport' ; The Crown as link ; Industrial Revolution ; Political stagnation ; A flowering of the arts ; Return of confidence ; The Empire ; The established Church ; The Reform Bill ; The shifting balance of the parties ; More devolution ; The Scottish economy ; Union or separation? -- ' The settled will of the Scottish people.' Proposals for a Parliament ; The successful referendum ; The new coalition ; Scots in charge / Magnus Linklater -- 'We shall carry it carefully and make the nation proud.' The new seat of Scottish democracy ; The old order weakened ; Global economic crisis ; An overall majority / Magnus Linklater.
Note Includes index.
"With a new chapter by Magnus Linklater."
"Magnus Linklater, who contributed chapter 8 for the third edition, has now written a new chapter 9, bringing the story up to date"--Title page verso.
Subject Scotland -- History.
Added Author Linklater, Magnus.
ISBN 9780500289877 paperback
0500289875 paperback
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