Fitzroy Maclean. A concise history of scotland. 1970

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Fitzroy Maclean. A concise history of Scotland. Thames and Hudson, 1970.  239 pages, with Index and List with Details of Illustrations. 2 Maps, 231 Illustrations throughout.

Scotland has a ‘rough and blood-stained’ history and Sir Fitzroy Maclean has here provided an account of this history that is witty and scholarly. Pictures from authentic and contemporary sources illuminate this history –its romantic figures, and bloody battles, its politics, its religion– and provides a visual record of Scotland’s art, craftsmanship and intellectual life.

Cover illustration: Prince Charles and Highlanders entering Edinburgh after the Battle of Prestonpans, 1746. Painting by Thomas Duncan, 1840.