Kings and Queens of Scotland (Revealing History) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 075243814X ISBN 13: 9780752438146

Publisher: Tempus, 2002

Synopsis

The history of the Scottish monarchy is a long tale of triumph over adversity, characterised by the personal achievements of remarkable rulers who transformed their fragile kingdom into the master of northern Britain. The Kings and Queens of Scotland charts that process, from the earliest Scots and Pictish kings of around ad 400 through to the union of parliaments in 1707, tracing it through the lives of the men and women whose ambitions drove it forward on the often rocky path from its semi-mythical foundations to its integration into the Stewart kingdom of Great Britain.

It is a route waymarked with such towering personalities as Macbeth, Robert the Bruce and Mary Queen of Scots, but directed also by a host of less well-known figures such as David I, who extended his kingdom almost to the gates of York, and James IV, builder of the finest navy in northern Europe. Their will and ambition, successes and failures not only shaped modern Scotland, but have left their mark throughout the British Isles and the wider world.

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About the Author

Richard Oram is Lecturer in Medieval Scottish History and Environmental History at the University of Stirling, editor of History Scotland, the popular Scottish history magazine, and editor of Tempus's Scottish Monarchs royal biography series. His other books include Lordship of Galloway, Scottish Prehistory and David I: The King Who Made Scotland, also published by Tempus. He lives in Crieff in Perthshire

Edition details

• Publisher: Tempus
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075243814X
• ISBN 13: 9780752438146
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Richard Oram