BIRLINN NEW TITLES 2019
Recently named Publisher of the Year by the prestigious Saltire Society, Birlinn is building on that success in 2019 with a range of new titles in Biography, Travel, Spirituality and History. We have the first full account of Jane Haining, the only Scot to be officially honoured for giving her life to help Jews during the Holocaust, and The King in the North, a ground-breaking study of the Picts which will revolutionise our understanding of Scottish history in the Dark Ages. A new book from Masterchef winner Sue Lawrence celebrates the delicious flavours and stunning scenery to be discovered in the Scottish Islands, and the next generation of readers can look forward to a new children’s adventure from Alexander McCall Smith and delightful picture books from Benedict Blathwayt.
The full company is comprised of a number of imprints:
Birlinn New Titles | Military History
Facing the Bear SCOTLAND AND THE COLD WAR
TREVOR ROYLE Some years ago a revolution took place in Early Medieval history in Scotland. The Pictish heartland of Fortriu, previously thought to be centred on Perthshire and the Tay found itself relocated through the forensic work of Alex Woolf to the shores of the Moray Firth.
ISBN: 9781780275260 Price: ÂŁ25.00 | Publication: 08 August 2019 Format: 234 x 156mm R-hbk | Extent: 368pp
This is the first account of this northern heartland of Pictavia for a more general audience to take in the full implications of this and of the substantial recent archaeological work that has been undertaken in recent years.
Illustrations: 16pp col & b/w plates ePub: 9781788850858 Rights: World All Languages
A timely reminder of the crucial role the country has in the defence of the realm A gripping and unique perspective of the Cold War which shows how Scotland would have been a major theatre of war in the event of WWIII Includes much recently declassified official information and interviews
TREVOR ROYLE is a broadcaster and author specialising in the history of war and empire. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and is also a member of the Scottish Government’s Advisory Panel for Commemorating the First World War.
The Flowers of the Forest SCOTLAND AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR
NEW EDITION
ISBN: 9781780276267 Price: £12.99 | Publication: 08 August 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk | Extent: 400pp Illustrations: 16pp b/w plates ePub: 9780857901255 Rights: World All Languages
A Time of Tyrants SCOTLAND AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR
NEW EDITION
ISBN: 9781780276250 Price: £12.99 | Publication: 08 August 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk | Extent: 400pp Illustrations: 16pp b/w plates ePub: 9780857900944 Rights: World All Languages
Birlinn New Titles | Military History
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Birlinn New Titles | History
The King in the North THE PICTISH REALMS OF FORTRIU AND CE
GORDON NOBLE & NICHOLAS EVANS Some years ago a revolution took place in Early Medieval history in Scotland. The Pictish heartland of Fortriu, previously thought to be centred on Perthshire and the Tay found itself relocated through the forensic work of Alex Woolf to the shores of the Moray Firth. ISBN: 9781780275512 Price: £14.99 | Publication: 09 May 2019 Format: 246 x 189mm pbk | Extent: 208pp Illustrations: int. b/w plates; 8pp b/w plates ePub: 9781788850896 Rights: World All Languages
This is the first account of this northern heartland of Pictavia for a more general audience to take in the full implications of this and of the substantial recent archaeological work that has been undertaken in recent years.
A groundbreaking book featuring the latest research on the Picts edited by two of the most eminent scholars in the field and featuring contributions from a number of acclaimed experts
GORDON NOBLE is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Honorary Curatorial Fellow to the University Museums at the University of Aberdeen. He has also been director of the Rhynie Environs Archaeological Project. He is author of a number of books, including Neolithic Scotland: Timber, Stone, Earth and Fire.
Essential reading for all those fascinated by the Picts – a topic of perennial and extraordinary popular interest – and in Scottish history and archaeology from the period c.300–1000AD
NICHOLAS EVANS is a Research Fellow working on the University of Aberdeen Comparative Kingship: the Early Medieval Kingdoms of Northern Britain and Ireland project, led by Gordon Noble.
Birlinn New Titles | History
Pabay AN ISLAND ODYSSEY
CHRISTOPHER WHATLEY Pabay lies in Skye’s Inner Sound, off the crofting village of Breakish and the small adjoining town of Broadford. One of five Hebridean islands of that name, it derives from the Norwegian papa-ey signifying ‘island of priests’. The Whatley family moved to Pabay from the Midlands and lived and worked there from 1950 until the 1970s. The author, the nephew of Len and Margaret Whatley, spent long periods on the island, experiencing the trials, tribulations and joys of island life. In this book he uses his own and his family’s experiences as conduits into the island’s deeper history, which has never been told.
ISBN: 9781780275796 Price: £20.00 | Publication: 11 July 2019 Format: 216 x 138mm Demy-hbk | Extent: 320pp Illustrations: b/w & colour throughout ePub: 9781788852081 Rights: World All Languages
CHRISTOPHER WHATLEY OBE, FRHistS, FRSE is Professor of Scottish History at the University of Dundee, where he was also a Vice Principal and Head of the College of Arts and Social Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
A unique island history which mixes solid historical research with one family’s experience of island life Illustrated with fascinating and beautiful photographs Christopher Whatley is one of Scotland’s foremost historians and author of Immortal Memory: Burns and the Scottish People
Birlinn New Titles | History
Made in Scotland CAROL FOREMAN This new edition of Made in Scotland features the stories behind a wide number of the best-known household names that originated in Scotland.
ISBN: 9781780276090 Price: £14.99 | Publication: 11 July 2019 Format: 226 x 246mm hbk | Extent: 168pp Illustrations: colour throughout ePub: N/A Rights: World All Languages
A fascinating nostalgic journey into the past and a wonderful celebration of Scottish industry Sales of over 4,000 copies Written by an acclaimed local historian
When people first spread Robertson’s Golden Shred Marmalade on their toast, it was by courtesy of a Paisley man, James Robertson. How would the housewife have thickened her sauce without cornflour, first produced in Paisley by Brown & Polson in 1854? Pringle of Hawick gave the world the first knitted twin-set; J & P Coats of Paisley, whose origins go back to 1830, grew into the largest thread manufacturer in the world, and the UK’s number one comic, The Beano, was born in Dundee.
CAROL FOREMAN is the author of Glasgow Street Names, Hidden Glasgow, Lost Glasgow and Glasgow from the Air. She is a noted local historian and lives and works in Glasgow.
Birlinn New Titles | History
Best of Scotland JOHN MACLEOD In this imaginative, informative and amusing miscellany, award-winning journalist John MacLeod explores some of the well-known symbols of Scottish culture (as well some of the quirkier ones) and looks beneath the surface to shatter some long-held assumptions that will surprise even the most well-informed Scotophile. Did you know, for example, that the kilt was actually banned in Scotland at one point, and that particular tartans were never originally identified with specific clans, let alone surnames?
ISBN: 9781780272016 Price: £14.99 | Publication: 11 July 2019 Format: 226 x 246mm hbk | Extent: 128pp Illustrations: colour throughout ePub: N/A Rights: World All Languages
From bagpipes, haggis, whisky and the Forth Rail Bridge to Andy Murray, Mary, Queen of Scots and Irn Bru, this book is a fascinating celebration of Scotland that will appeal to visitors and locals alike.
JOHN MACLEOD began his career at BBC Highland in Inverness and quickly established himself as a freelance writer. He has won several awards, including Scottish Journalist of the Year in 1991, and has contributed to many publications including the Scotsman and the Herald. He currently writes a Thursday column for the Scottish Daily Mail and is the author of a number of highly acclaimed books.
A unique and imaginative guide to some of Scotland’s most notable national symbols This book will make a perfect gift, either for history enthusiasts or tourists MacLeod’s previous book When I Heard the Bell has sold over 9,000 copies
Birlinn New Titles | History
The King Over the Water A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE JACOBITES
DESMOND SEWARD Spanning more than a century and involving almost every European country at one time or another (as well as America), the Jacobite cause is one of the epic stories of history. They may have failed in their aim to restore the house of Stuart to the British throne, but in that failure the Jacobites changed the course of history.
ISBN: 9781780276069 Price: £25.00 | Publication: 05 September 2019 Format: 234 x 156mm R-hbk | Extent: 384pp Illustrations: 8pp b/w plates ePub: 978178885XXXX Rights: World All Languages
The first full, modern history of the Jacobite cause in its entirety as it played out in Scotland, England, Ireland, Europe and even America Desmond Seward is the bestselling author of over 30 books of popular history and has been translated into more than 10 languages ‘Big, ballsy history . . . dramatic and page turning’ - Philippa Gregory on Desmond Seward’s The Demon’s Brood
Intrigue, espionage, corruption and betrayal, as well as constancy to the cause in the face of terrible risks are all ingredients of this extraordinary tale, and Desmond Seward brings all the colourful characters to life.
DESMOND SEWARD is one of the most highly regarded popular historians of his generation, and the author of numerous books, ranging from studies of medieval kings to biographies of Napoleon and Hitler. His books The Hundred Years’ War and The Wars of the Roses are regarded as standard works on their subjects.
Birlinn New Titles | History
Insurrection SCOTLAND’S FAMINE WINTER
JAMES HUNTER When Scotland’s 1846 potato crop was wiped out by blight, the country was plunged into crisis. In the Hebrides and the West Highlands a huge relief effort came too late to prevent starvation and death. As a bitter winter gripped and families feared a repeat of the calamitous famine then ravaging Ireland, grain carts were seized, ships boarded, harbours blockaded, a jail forced open, the military confronted. The army fired on one set of rioters. Savage sentences were imposed on others. But thousands-strong crowds also gained key concessions. Above all they won cheaper food. Those dramatic events have long been ignored or forgotten. Now, in James Hunter, they have their historian.
JAMES HUNTER is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of the Highlands and Islands and was its first Director of the Centre for History. The author of eleven books about the Highlands and Islands, he has also been active in the public life of the area for many years. He is the author of the awardwinning Set Adrift Upon the World (Birlinn, 2016).
ISBN: 9781780276229 Price: £25.00 | Publication: 10 October 2019 Format: 234 x 156mm R-hbk | Extent: 304pp Illustrations: 8pp b/w plates; maps ePub: 9781788852319 Rights: World All Languages
A major new book from one of Scotland’s greatest living historians Based on meticulous research, including eyewitness accounts, it tells the dramatic, human story of Scotland’s forgotten famine James Hunter’s previous book, Set Adrift Upon the World won the Saltire Society History Book of the Year in 2016
Birlinn New Titles | History
Britain’s DNA Journey OUR INCREDIBLE GENETIC STORY
ALISTAIR MOFFAT In an epic narrative, sometimes moving, sometimes astonishing, always revealing, Moffat writes an entirely new history of Britain. Instead of the usual parade of the usual suspects – kings, queens, saints, warriors and the notorious – this is a people’s history, a narrative made from stories only DNA can tell, which offers insights into who we are and where we come from.
ISBN: 9781780276298 Price: £9.99 | Publication: 10 October 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk | Extent: 304pp Illustrations: 8pp colour plates
Based on exciting new research involving the largest sampling of DNA ever made in Britain, Alistair Moffat shows the true origins of our island’s inhabitants.
ePub: 9780857905673 Rights: World All Languages
Published to coincide with the transmission of a major 90-minute ITV special, Ant and Dec’s DNA Journey, in November 2019 The British public is fascinated by history and genealogy – Who Do You Think You Are? is watched by over 6 million regular viewers each week This edition has been updated to take into account recent developments in DNA research
ALISTAIR MOFFAT was born in Kelso, Scotland in 1950. He is an award winning Writer, Historian and former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Director of Programmes at Scottish Television. He is the founder of Borders Book Festival and Co-Chairman of The Great Tapestry Of Scotland.
Birlinn New Titles | History
Scotland: Her Story THE NATION’S HISTORY BY THE WOMEN WHO LIVED IT
EDITED BY ROSEMARY GORING Scotland’s history has been told many times, but never exclusively by its women. This book takes a unique perspective on dramatic national events as well as ordinary life, as experienced by women down the centuries. From the saintly but severe medieval Queen Margaret to today’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon, it encompasses women from all stations of class and fame and notoriety, offering a tantalising view of what happened to them, and how they felt. Scotland: Her Story brings to life the half of history that has for too long been hidden or ignored.
ROSEMARY GORING worked at W&R Chambers as a reference editor before becoming literary editor of Scotland on Sunday. She is the author of two historical novels, After Flodden and Dacre’s War, and she is currently literary editor and columnist for The Herald and Sunday Herald.
ISBN: 9781780275987 Price: £12.99 | Publication: 05 September 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk | Extent: 336pp Illustrations: N/A ePub: 9781788850667 Rights: World All Languages
A landmark publication: the first-ever history of Scotland told from the perspective of women – the half of history that we forgot Over 150 contributors, from the best-known names to striking but unheard of figures from a thousand years of history Rosemary Goring’s Scotland: The Autobiography was a bestseller, selling in excess of 100,000 copies internationally
Birlinn New Titles | Business & Finance
Shredded INSIDE RBS: THE BANK THAT BROKE BRITAIN
IAN FRASER The Royal Bank of Scotland was once one of the most successful and profitable financial institutions in the world. Now, the very mention of the bank’s name causes fury and resentment, and the former CEO, Fred Goodwin, is regarded by many as the one of the principal culprits of the worst financial crash since 1929.
ISBN: 9781780276045 Price: £14.99 | Publication: 09 May 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk | Extent: 608pp Illustrations: 8pp b/w plates
In this book, award-winning financial journalist Ian Fraser reveals how the ‘light touch, limited touch’ approach to financial regulation of New Labour and the aggressive, confrontational, autocratic and reckless style of Fred Goodwin led to disaster, not just for RBS, but for everyone in the UK.
ePub: 9780857906236 Rights: World All Languages
The fall of RBS was one of the most catastrophic events of the global financial crisis, before its collapse in October 2008 it was the world’s largest company by assets (£1.9 trillion) This new paperback edition brings the story right up to date with updated coverage of the Ross McEwan era and continuing scandals One of the bestselling and bestreviewed books on the banking crisis, with sales of over 8,000 copies
IAN FRASER is an awardwinning journalist, commentator and broadcaster who writes about business, finance, politics and economics. His work has been published by, among others, The Sunday Times, The Economist, Financial Times, BBC News, Thomson Reuters, Dow Jones, and the Daily Mail.
Birlinn New Titles | Business & Finance
The Rise and Fall of the City of Money A FINANCIAL HISTORY OF EDINBURGH
RAY PERMAN It started and ended with a financial catastrophe. The Darien disaster of 1700 drove Scotland into union with England, but spawned the institutions which transformed Edinburgh into a global financial centre. The crash of 2008 wrecked the city’s two largest and oldest banks – and its reputation. In the three intervening centuries, Edinburgh became a hothouse of financial innovation, prudent banking, reliable insurance and smart investing. The face of the city changed too as money transformed it from medieval squalor to Georgian elegance.
RAY PERMAN is a financial journalist who has reported for numerous publications, including the Financial Times. He is a former chief executive of the industry representative body, Scottish Financial Enterprise and a former director of the David Hume Institute.
ISBN: 9781780276236 Price: £25.00 | Publication: 10 October 2019 Format: 234 x 156mm R-hbk | Extent: 336pp Illustrations: 8pp b/w plates; 8pp colour plates ePub: 9781788852296 Rights: World All Languages
The colourful story of how Edinburgh rose to be one of the top 10 financial centres in Europe – and how the crisis of 2018 decimated its banking, insurance and investment institutions Written by an award-winning journalist who has reported on the Edinburgh financial industry for 40 years
Birlinn New Titles | Biography & Memoir
Jane Haining A LIFE OF LOVE AND COURAGE
MARY MILLER Jane Haining was undoubtedly one of Scotland’s heroines. She was a Church of Scotland missionary, and went to the Scottish Jewish Mission School in Budapest in 1932, where she worked as a boarding school matron in charge of around 50 orphan girls. The school had 400 pupils, most of them Jewish. She was back in the UK on holiday when war broke out in 1939, but she immediately went back to Hungary to do all she could to protect the children. ISBN: 9781780275758 Price: £14.99 | Publication: 11 April 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-hbk | Extent: 240pp Illustrations: 8pp b/w plates ePub: 9780857902978 Rights: World All Languages
The first full biography of one of Scotland’s greatest daughters and the only Scot to be officially honoured for giving her life to help Jews during the Holocaust Based on in-depth original research in all of the book’s locations, personal interviews, and a trove of newly discovered material A film of her life is in production, drawing comparisons with Oskar Schindler
Her brave persistence led to her arrest by the Gestapo in April 1944. She died in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz just a few months later. Her courage and self-sacrifice has made her an inspiration to many. MARY MILLER has worked in fundraising and charity work throughout the world. Named Evening Times ‘International Scotswoman of the Year’ in 2009, her lifelong interest in the care of children in difficult situations drew her to explore Jane Haining’s devotion to the Jewish girls in her care. She lives in Glasgow.
Birlinn New Titles | Biography & Memoir
The Shepherd and the Morning Star WILLIE ORR The Shepherd and the Morning Star is a remarkable double biography and autobiography. In the course of it the life of the son, Willie Orr, gradually emerges from under the shadow of that of his father, Lawrence Orr (PB), leading Ulster Unionist politician, philanderer and would-be bigamist, who ends his days in disgrace with his career and family in ruins. This book is a deeply absorbing and powerful piece of writing, a record of mood and emotional development as much as a detailed chronology. Very funny in parts and with a poet’s sensitivity in others, it explores that precarious territory between the public and private lives of politicians.
ISBN: 9781780275888 Price: £9.99 | Publication: 06 June 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk | Extent: 160pp Illustrations: 8pp b/w plates ePub: 9781788852043 Rights: World All Languages
WILLIE ORR was born in 1940 in Northern Ireland. After a public school education, he turned his back on the values of his parents, working for a time in the Belfast shipyards and also as an actor in theatres throughout Ireland. He then moved to Scotland and spent time in the Iona Community, before becoming a shepherd and later a teacher. He now lives in Oban with his wife Jan.
A gripping and inspirational story of the author’s struggles with mental health and his eventual recovery William Orr, the author’s father and a key figure in the book, is still remembered as an extremely prominent Unionist politician in Northern Ireland during the height of the Troubles The author and his wife are widely known and respected in the Highlands for their work with troubled adolescents
Birlinn New Titles | Biography & Memoir
The White Rose of Gask THE LIFE AND SONGS OF CAROLINA OLIPHANT, LADY NAIRNE
FREELAND BARBOUR Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne, a contemporary of Robert Burns, wrote over 80 songs which enjoyed great popularity during her lifetime and still do so up to the present day. They are some of Scotland’s most famous traditional songs – including ‘Charlie Is My Darling’, ‘A Hundred Pipers’, ‘Will Ye No’ Come Back Again’ and ‘The Laird of Cockpen’.
ISBN: 9781780276113 Price: £14.99 | Publication: 05 September 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-hbk | Extent: 176pp Illustrations: colour throughout
Freeland Barber, a descendent of Lady Nairne, now presents a long-overdue biography and reassessment of her life and work.
ePub: 978178885XXXX Rights: World All Languages
The first modern account of the mysterious woman poet who wrote some of Scotland’s most famous traditional songs The author is a celebrated Scots folk musician and composer and a descendant of Lady Nairne This female contemporary of Burns and Scott has been neglected by literary historians and this new reassessment of her and her work is long overdue
FREELAND BARBOUR is one of Scotland’s leading accordionists and has performed with many of the world’s greatest traditional musicians. A BBC music producer for a number of years, Freeland has taught at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He runs a music publishing company and is the owner and former manager of Castlesound, one of the leading independent recording studios in the UK.
Birlinn New Titles | Biography & Memoir
The Founder’s Tale THE STORY OF THE SCOTCH MALT WHISKY SOCIETY
PIP HILLS This is the story of how one man, with a bit of help from his friends, created a revolution in the hitherto staid world of Scotch Whisky. But by creating the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, he gave whisky drinkers access to the finest distilled liquor on the planet – and what’s more, he had a great time doing it. The book is a collection of stories about Pip and his friends and how they brought Scotland’s finest product to a waiting world.
ISBN: 9781780276281 Price: £14.99 | Publication: 10 October 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-hbk | Extent: 256pp Illustrations: N/A ePub: 978178885XXXX Rights: World All Languages
PIP HILLS has had a varied career. After studying philosophy he has, at various times, worked as a docker, a crane driver, a truck driver and a scuba diving instructor. He found more gainful employment as an Inspector of Taxes, and also ran his own accountancy for 20 years
The colourful story of the founder and founding of the Scottish Malt Whisky Society – the internationally renowned organization which offers its members the world’s widest selection of single cask whiskies Guaranteed appeal to all whisky lovers as well as those who simply like a rollicking good read
Birlinn New Titles | Biography & Memoir
Columba PILGRIM, PRIEST & PATRON SAINT TIM CLARKSON Who was St Columba? How did this Irish aristocrat become the most important figure in early Scottish Christianity?
ISBN: 9781780275772 Price: ÂŁ9.99 | Publication: 11 April 2019
This book examines the different roles played by the saint in life and death, tracing his career in Ireland and Scotland, where we encounter not only Columba the abbot and missionary but also Columba the politician and peacemaker. We see him at the centre of a major controversy which led to his excommunication by an Irish synod. We follow him then to Scotland, to Iona, where he founded his principal monastery.
Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk | Extent: 240pp Illustrations: 8pp b/w plates maps; tables ePub: 9780857902054 Rights: World All Languages
Based on the latest research, this is the classic account of the life of one of the most important historical figures of Dark Age Europe Paints a fascinating picture of the early monastic community of Iona Tim Clarkson is one of the leading authorities on Medieval and Dark Age Britain and has published numerous books on the subject
TIM CLARKSON gained a PhD in medieval history (2003) from the University of Manchester. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a member of the editorial board of the Heroic Age online journal. He is the author many books on medieval history including Scotland’s Merlin, The Picts: A History, The Makers of Scotland and Aethelflaed: Lady of the Mercians.
Birlinn New Titles | Biography & Memoir
Scottish Queens 1034–1714 ROSALIND K. MARSHALL The lives of the Scottish queens, both those who ruled in their own right, and also the consorts, have largely been neglected in conventional history books. In this entertaining, impeccably researched book, Rosalind Marshall dispells many myths and misconceptions about the women who have ruled Scotland. Her series on mini-biographies answers many burning questions about some of the most famous figures in the nation’s past. ISBN: 9781780275970 Price: £9.99 | Publication: 09 May 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk | Extent: 256pp Illustrations: 32pp b/w plates ePub: 9781788851848 Rights: World All Languages
ROSALIND K. MARSHALL is a well-known writer and historian and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is the author of several biographies, including The Days of Duchess Anne: Life in the Household of the Duchess of Hamilton, 1656-1716.
New in paperback, this is the first ever illuminating study of the queens of Scotland From Lady Macbeth to Anne of Denmark, this collection of mini-biographies reveals the fascinating lives of these unusual women This is the perfect addition to the market for female history books, that look at significant women through the ages, and which uncover their neglected histories
Birlinn New Titles | True Crime
Fitted Up A TRUE STORY OF POLICE BETRAYAL, CONSPIRACY AND COVER UP
RUSSELL FINDLAY When Bill Johnstone’s business was destroyed as a result of an arson attack in 2009, he informed the police, telling them of threats he had received from a disgruntled customer to torch the garage Johnstone ran in Glasgow’s west end. But nothing was done. When he complained, rather than jolting the police into action, they turned on him.
ISBN: 9781780275390 Price: £8.99 | Publication: 18 July 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk | Extent: 240pp Illustrations: colour throughout ePub: 9781788850742
What began as an act of police incompetence escalated into a tangled web of corruption, collusion and cover-up. In an age where vast amounts of our personal information swirls around computer networks, this is a story that could happen to anyone.
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A gripping and chilling account of how police corruption almost broke an innocent victim Author of the bestselling true crime books The Ice Man (with Jim Wilson) (8,000 copies) and Caught in the Crossfire (5,000 copies)
RUSSELL FINDLAY is a freelance writer who was formerly crime correspondent for the Sunday Mail and Scottish Sun. He is the author of Acid Attack (Birlinn, 2018).
Birlinn New Titles | Travel & Adventure
The Viking Isles TRAVELS IN ORKNEY AND SHETLAND
PAUL MURTON Paul Murton has long had a love of the Viking north – the island groups of Orkney and Shetland – which, for centuries, were part of the Nordic world as depicted in the great classic the Orkneyinga Saga. Today this fascinating Scandanavian legacy can be found everywhere – in physical remains, place-names, local traditions and folklore, and much else besides. This is a personal account of Paul’s travels in the Viking north. Full of observation, history, anecdote and encounters with those who live there, it also serves as a practical guide to the many places of interest.
PAUL MURTON is well known as a documentary film maker whose work includes Grand Tours of Scotland and Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands (4 series). He grew up in rural Argyll and has been an inveterate traveller since his teenage years.
ISBN: 9781780275901 Price: £17.99 | Publication: 10 October 2019 Format: 246 x 189mm pbk | Extent: 240pp Illustrations: colour throughout ePub: N/A Rights: World All Languages
By the presenter of the acclaimed BBC series Grand Tours, this book explores the fascinating Viking legacy to be found in the far north of our country Packed with history and enthralling anecdotes, and is beautifully illustrated with 150 full colour photographs Paul Murton’s The Hebrides (published 2017) has now sold over 6,000 copies
Birlinn New Titles | Travel & Adventure
Blazing Paddles A SCOTTISH COASTAL ODYSSEY
BRIAN WILSON Alone in his kayak, Brian Wilson sets off from the Solway Firth on a 2000-mile odyssey around Scotland’s extraordinarily varied coastline of cliffscapes, unspoiled shorelines, treacherous sea passages and beautiful Hebridean islands. Adventure is there aplenty as he battles with whirlpools, heavy seas and hypothermia and survives a close encounter with a killer whale.
ISBN: 9781780276021 Price: ÂŁ9.99 | Publication: 06 June 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk | Extent: 256pp Illustrations: 8pp colour plates; maps
Sometimes harrowing, frequently philosophical, and often hilarious, Blazing Paddles is also a perceptive commentary on the environmental issues which threaten the Scottish coastline and its unique and fragile wildlife.
ePub: 9781788852029 Rights: World All Languages
The acclaimed, classic kayaking adventure, first published to great acclaim in 1988 A new introduction brings up to date the environmental issues covered in previous editions Sales of over 10,000 copies in previous editions
BRIAN WILSON is a well-known and respected member of the British canoeing scene, specialising in extended seakayaking expeditions and adventure travel. Having been employed by many of the major Scottish conservation and environmental organisations, he is now a freelance environmental contractor working in traditional stonework, thatching and vernacular building conservation.
Birlinn New Titles | Travel & Adventure
Walking Through Shadows MIKE CAWTHORNE Walking Through Shadows describes a winter walk in memory of the author’s friend, Clive Dennier, a popular Inverness journalist, who died in Knoydart in March 2013 but whose body was found only some weeks later. As well as describing some the last wild places in Scotland in the heart of winter the narrative explores themes of grief, chance, mental illness and ecological damage. The author’s companion is struggling throughout with the effects of severe mental illness but sees in the walk the hope of some relief from this suffering.
ISBN: 9781780276038 Price: £12.99 | Publication: 06 June 2019 Format: 216 x 138mm pbk | Extent: 192pp Illustrations: 8pp colour plates ePub: 9781788852036 Rights: World All Languages
MIKE CAWTHORNE began hill-walking on Ben Nevis aged seven, and has been climbing mountains ever since. He has worked as a teacher, professional photographer and freelance journalist. He has an intimate knowledge of the Scottish Highlands, undertaking his first long-distance trek there in 1982. He is the author of Hell of a Journey (Birlinn, 2012).
A unique combination of mountain adventure, individuals coping with loss and mental illness and a first-hand account of the environmental threats faced by the Highlands The author has worked as a professional photographer and the book is illustrated with stunning photographs of littleknown areas of the Highlands Previous title Hell of a Journey has sold over 7,000 copies
Birlinn New Titles | Spirituality & Religion
Mother: A Human Love Story MATT HOPWOOD In this book, Matt Hopwood presents a selection of deep, powerful stories of and by mothers which were told openly and bravely to him. Women, men, children, teenagers and centenarians tell their experiences of childhood, motherhood, birth, loss, yearning, fear, contentment, love and divinity. They tell of connection with Mother and the Mother instincts that reside in every human being.
ISBN: 9781780275123 Price: £9.99 | Publication: 07 March 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk | Extent: 192pp
‘[Matt Hopwood] allows us all to learn more about the thing that makes each of our lives unique – our experience and understanding of love’ – Clare Balding, BBC Radio 2
Illustrations: colour throughout ePub: 9781788851763 Rights: World All Languages
A unique and moving collection of 22 real-life experiences by a huge variety of people of different genders, ages and cultures exploring Motherhood Published in time for Mother’s Day, although it would make a thoughtful and charming gift all year round Matt Hopwood is author of the acclaimed A Human Love Story, which was featured on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4
MATT HOPWOOD is a keeper of stories, a facilitator of sharing spaces and the Founder of A Human Love Story Project. Matt seeks to create encounters where people can feel safe, tell their story and be heard. Through these sharings Matt hopes to help nurture understanding, love and compassion across communities and cultures.
Birlinn New Titles | Spirituality & Religion
Travels With a Stick A PILGRIM’S JOURNEY TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
RICHARD FRAZER Almost 300,000 people ‘officially’ complete the journey to Santiago each year – hundreds of thousands more travel at least part of the way. In this book, Richard Frazer discovers on his pilgrimage to the shrine of St James the Great how a journey – wherever it is made – undertaken with an open and hospitable heart can provide spiritual renewal and transformation, filling what many people see as the spiritual void in 21st century life. ‘An inspiring read and a journey well worth taking with Frazer as your well versed tour guide’ – Dundee Courier
ISBN: 9781780275680 Price: £12.99 | Publication: 11 April 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-hbk | Extent: 208pp Illustrations: 8pp colour plates ePub: 9781788850261 Rights: World All Languages
RICHARD FRAZER is minister of Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh. He founded and chairs the Grassmarket Community Project, which helps the most vulnerable. He has been influential in the revival of pilgrimage in Scotland and in the Church of Scotland’s decision to officially promote and revive pilgrimage after 450 years.
The extraordinary story of a journey on one of the most renowned pilgrim routes in the world – the 1,000km ‘Camino’ to Santiago de Compostela in France and northern Spain A unique and engrossing travelogue which paints a vivid picture of the journey and is also a very personal account of the way in which pilgrim journeys can be a source of emotional transformation
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In Your Loving Is Your Knowing ELIZABETH TEMPLETON – PROPHET OF OUR TIMES
PETER MATHESON & ALASTAIR HULBERT This is an anthology of 33 talks, articles, lectures and sermons by one of the most outstanding theologians of her generation.
ISBN: 9781780275635 Price: £14.99 | Publication: 07 February 2019 Format: 234 x 156mm pbk | Extent: 288pp Illustrations: 12pp colour & b/w plates ePub: 9781788851732 Rights: World All Languages
Elizabeth Templeton was one of the most creative and imaginative of modern theologians This is the only collection of her work available, and features her very best and most important thoughts, in essays, lectures, talks and sermons The esteem in which she was held is reflected in the contributors to this book, with introductions from a number of eminent thinkers on faith
Elizabeth Templeton’s accessible and passionate writing is both refreshing and thought-provoking, exploring ideas that concern us all – life, freedom, forgiveness, death, love, evil, culture and belonging, amongst many others. All the pieces dive with apparent effortlessness of the issues, combining brilliant original scholarship with a warm sensitivity to the difficulties of many people in decoding theology, relating it to their own life and thought. PETER MATHESON is a theologian who has lectured in theology in the UK, New Zealand, Australia and the USA. From 1965 to 1982 he was Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Ecclesiastical History at New College, Faculty of Divinity, Edinburgh University. ALASTAIR HULBERT is a practical theologian and ecumenist, who worked for 20 years in Europe – Paris, Geneva, and latterly in the European churches office in Brussels. He was Warden of Scottish Churches House, Dunblane (2003–2008).
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Between Living and Dying VOICES FROM THE EDGE OF EXPERIENCE
RUTH SCOTT Busy and deeply absorbed in all the complexity of life, Ruth Scott’s packed diary suddenly had to be cleared when she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. She said, ‘Discovering that life might be shorter than expected or hoped for concentrates the mind wonderfully. Whatever life is left to me, I do not want to waste it.’ Ruth creatively explored - through insight, literature, poetry and song - what life is about and how it should be lived. This book is the result. Here, she cuts through all the things in life that we waste our energies, and offers a great inspiration for all of us.
ISBN: 9781780276168 Price: £9.99 | Publication: 05 September 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk | Extent: 256pp Illustrations: N/A ePub: 9781788852241 Rights: World All Languages
RUTH SCOTT worked as a nurse, a midwife, a missionary, a clown magician and a journalist before she became one of the first women to be ordained in the Church of England in 1994. She regularly presented Pause for Thought and Good Morning Sunday on BBC Radio 2, Prayer for the Day and The Moral Maze on Radio 4 as well as programmes on the World Service.
Reverend Ruth Scott was much loved by fans of BBC Radio 2, with millions of listeners Her book gives us a unique perspective on living from the viewpoint of someone suffering from terminal illness Includes many comforting and inspiring words to help those in similar circumstances
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Life is Not a Long Quiet River A MEMOIR
WILLY SLAVIN Approaching old age need not be a thing to be feared. It can and should be a time of freedom and spiritual contentment.
ISBN: 9781780275789 Price: £12.99 | Publication: 09 May 2019 Format: 216 x 138mm pbk | Extent: 224pp
Willy Slavin illustrates the freedom that comes from his lifelong experience of obedience, poverty and celibacy. He argues that we are all more obedient, poor and celibate than we usually care to admit. We came into the world innocent of power, money or sex. We should able to leave it freely – ready and without dependence on political, financial or sexual status.
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When he retired, Willy Slavin famously decided to give up all his worldly possessions and moved to a hut in a wood in rural Fife – and he’s never been more content This memoir puts forward the case that a life without material wealth and status is the happiest, and the best path to a contented old age This memoir should strike a chord with those who are struggling in a society with record levels of mental anguish
WILLY SLAVIN has spent his life championing the cause of the poor. Working as a priest for 50 years in the most deprived areas of Glasgow and Bangladesh and in hospitals and prisons, he is also known for his role in the late2017 installation of the Homeless Jesus sculpture on a park bench in Glasgow.
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MONKS, MINERS AND MARTYRS
IAN BRADLEY Packed with over almost 100 images and countless stories, it brings to life the fascinating communities and the characters along the route in whose footsteps modern pilgrims are treading. Setting off with Celtic saints from Culross and North Queensferry, marching with miners through the West Fife coalfields, continuing on with Covenanters and Communists and ending among the martyrs, relics and ghosts of the haunted town of St Andrews, this gripping narrative presents a journey through Scottish history, ancient and modern, with spiritual reflections along the way.
IAN BRADLEY has written over 40 books and is well-known as a broadcaster, journalist and lecturer. He is also a Church of Scotland minister and a respected academic whose enthusiasm shines through in all that he does.
ISBN: 9781780275925 Price: ÂŁ14.99 | Publication: 09 May 2019 Format: 200 x 148mm pbk | Extent: 304pp Illustrations: colour & maps throughout ePub: 9781788851947 Rights: World All Languages
The essential companion for anyone exploring the new Pilgrim Way across Fife, which is currently scheduled to open in May 2019 Its mixture of history and spiritual reflection is equally valuable for the armchair traveller, the walker, the cyclist and the driver
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The Fife Pilgrim Way
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Funnyosities THE COMIC GEMS OF CHIC MURRAY
EDITED BY ROBBIE GRIGOR ‘My boss is so narrow minded that when he has an idea, it comes out folded’ ‘I use to write her love letters in the sand. But it was an incredible hassle trying to get sand into the pillar box’
ISBN: 9781780276304 Price: £5.99 | Publication: 10 October 2019 Format: 156 x 112mm A-pbk | Extent: 160pp Illustrations: 8pp b/w plates ePub: N/A Rights: World All Languages
New edition of the definitive collection of Chic Murray’s one-liners and best comedic moments Published ahead of Chic Murrary’s centenary in November 2019 Following the bestselling biography Just Daft this is the perfect Christmas stocking-filler for all fans
Chic Murray is a cult figure of alternative humour, a comedic pioneer ranked in the highest echelons of his art in the last century and admired around the world. Funnyosities features a huge number of Chic’s funniest one-liners – some well known and others taken from material newly found by the great man’s family. This collection is the perfect distillation of Chic’s gloriously off-beat humour.
ROBBIE GRIGOR is an expert on Scottish comedy and culture and author of Just Daft: The Chic Murray Story, also published by Birlinn.
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The Little Book of Scottish Beasties TIM KIRBY Scotland is renowned for the huge range of its wildlife, which comes in all shapes and sizes. In this book Tim Kirby introduces 45 of them, from the iconic red deer and golden eagle to the Highland cow and ubiquitous midge. In addition, he offers his take on animals of myth and legend, such as the world-famous Loch Ness Monster and the mysteriously watery kelpies. And he also includes other creatures which may or may not be classed as animals in the conventional sense – such as the haggis (rarely seen alive but eaten every Burns Night) and even the bagpipe (surely some kind of animal given its appearance and piercing call).
TIM KIRBY is a British artist and illustrator, providing drawings for editorial, publishing, corporate and advertising, as well as private commissions. His clients include Gramophone magazine, the New Statesman, Management Today and the BBC.
ISBN: 9781780276274 Price: £4.99 | Publication: 10 October 2019 Format: 156 x 112mm A-pbk | Extent: 96pp Illustrations: b/w illustrations throughout ePub: N/A Rights: World All Languages
A quirky take on the animals of Scotland (real as well as mythical) from one of Britain’s most imaginative illustrators Includes 45 cartoon illustrations with captions By the illustrator of The Little Book of Scottish Rain (2018)
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The Scottish Vegan Cookbook JACKIE JONES Vegan recipe developer Jackie Jones provides a huge selection of recipes for deliciously vegan versions of classic Scottish as well as newly designed dishes using healthy ingredients and cooking techniques, including braising, sprouting and steaming.
ISBN: 9781780275994 Price: £16.99 | Publication: 11 July 2019 Format: 234 x 190mm pbk | Extent: 160pp Illustrations: 3 x 8pp colour plates ePub: N/A
From easy brunch recipes through appetisers, hearty main courses and indulgent puddings, The Scottish Vegan Cookbook has them all – many illustrated with beautiful photographs and accompanied by nutritional tips as well as information about Scotland’s culinary history.
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Sales of plant-based products have tripled since 2016; in 2014 Mintel reported 12 per cent of people follow vegetarian or vegan diets, rising to 20 per cent for those aged 16–24 The first book to showcase the incredible variety of Scottish plant-based cookery in over 100 recipes Provides nutritional guidance for a balanced vegan diet
JACKIE JONES has worked at Edinburgh University Press for many years. In addition to her publishing career, she has undertaken numerous vegan cookery, restaurant-level courses and masterclasses in the UK, and has a Vegan Diploma and Advanced Vegan Diploma from Demuths Cookery School, Bath.
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A Taste of Scotland’s Islands SUE LAWRENCE Sue Lawrence has been on a personal odyssey – a trip round some of Scotland’s many islands speaking to producers and cooks, gleaning recipes along the way. From islands such as Mull, Raasay, Out Skerries and Luing she has amassed over 60 recipes, mainly created from ingredients and produce she came across in her travels. This celebration of the landscape and history of the Scottish islands is illustrated with photos of some of the most beautiful scenery in the world and with mouthwatering pictures of the islands’ best cooking.
ISBN: 9781780276007 Price: £20.00 | Publication: 08 August 2019 Format: 234 x 189mm hbk | Extent: 208pp Illustrations: colour throughout ePub: N/A Rights: World All Languages
SUE LAWRENCE is a food writer and journalist who has written many books on cooking and baking, including The Scottish Kitchen (2002), The Sue Lawrence Book of Baking (2004), Eating In (2011) and Scottish Baking (2014). She lives in Edinburgh.
The Scottish islands are full of innovative cooks and restaurants and this book will introduce readers to an exciting and unfamiliar regional cuisine Illustrated with photographs of stunning Scottish island scenery and traditional and new island dishes This is a practical working cookbook which will guide both beginners and experienced cooks through a feast of recipes
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The Secret of the Dark Waterfall A SCHOOL SHIP TOBERMORY ADVENTURE
ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH The School Ship Tobermory and its intrepid young crew are back in Hebridean waters. When a violent storm blows them off course to a remote island, they discover a fisherman’s journal written a hundred years ago which tells of a mysterious shipwreck crammed with treasure.
ISBN: 9781780276120 Price: £6.99 | Publication: 08 August 2019 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk | Extent: 240pp Illustrations: b/w line drawings throughout
But without a precise location, where do they start looking? Before long, Ben, Fee and their friends realize they are not the only ones searching for the lost wreck and must face a ruthless and determined adversary who will stop at nothing to seize the prize.
ePub: 9781788852203 Rights: World English Language (exc. N.A.)
The fourth in a new series of adventure books from the creator of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency A story of courage, ingenuity and comradeship for young readers aged 9–12 set around the island of Mull and the west coast of Scotland The School Ship Tobermory series has sold over 25,000 copies
ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH is the author of more than 80 books, including the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, and 44 Scotland Street. He is one of the world’s most prolific and popular authors, and his books have been translated into 46 languages.
EILIDH MULDOON Iconic views of Glasgow in the latest of Birlinn’s series of colouring books, all featuring Eilidh Muldoon’s inimitable artwork. Includes: Glasgow Cathedral • Kelvingrove Museum • Riverside Museum • Gallery of Modern Art • Pollok House • People’s Palace • CCA• Tramway • The Lighthouse • Museum of Transport • Glasgow Science Centre • Glasgow Film Theatre • Theatre Royal • SEC Hydro and Finnieston Crane • Oran Mor - and many more.
ISBN: 9781780276144 Price: £8.99 | Publication: 11 August 2019 Format: 250 x 250mm pbk | Extent: 48pp Illustrations: b/w line drawings throughout ePub: N/A Rights: World All Languages
THE COLOURING BOOK OF SCOTLAND ISBN: 9781780274058 £8.99
EILIDH MULDOON studied Art History and gained an MFA in Illustration from Edinburgh College of Art in June 2013, where she is currently Illustrator in Residence. She is also a freelance artist and illustrator whose work has appeared in prints, greetings cards and giftware.
Eilidh Muldoon’s colouring books have sold more than 20,000 copies Features all the most iconic views of Glasgow, and is ideal for all levels of colouring Eilidh Muldoon’s artwork has appeared on prints, greetings cards and giftware throughout the country
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The Colouring Book of Glasgow
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The Sticker Atlas of Scotland BENEDICT BLATHWAYT This sticker atlas is a stimulating and fun way to introduce children to the various regions of Scotland and introduce the immense variety of the country’s landscape, flora and fauna, and places of cultural significance. Ben Blathwayt is renowned for his beautiful and detailed illustrative work, which is ideal for this medium.
ISBN: 9781780274126 Price: £6.99 | Publication: 11 July 2019 Format: 275 x 215mm pbk | Extent: 32pp Illustrations: 8pp of stickers ePub: N/A Rights: World All Languages
A unique Scottish-themed sticker atlas from one of the UK’s most popular and bestselling children’s author/ illustrators Features beautifully drawn maps of Scotland and over 200 stickers Benedict Blathwayt’s books have sold over 35,000 copies with Birlinn
BENEDICT BLATHWAYT spent much of his youth, childhood and early years of married life on Mull. He has written and illustrated over 50 picture books for Julie MacRae, Walker Books, Hutchinson, OUP and Rex Fox and Birlinn, among others, and his work has appeared in 14 languages. He won the Smarties Prize in 1988 for Tangle and the Firesticks.
BENEDICT BLATHWAYT
Kip the sheepdog lives on a farm, where he always has lots to do. He helps the farmer to bring the cow in for milking and unload the bales of hay, and rounds up the sheep. When the farmer takes the sheep to the market Kip goes too. But the naughty sheep run away and Kip must find them. So begins an adventure for the young sheepdog that leads him all around the town.
ISBN: 9781780276151 Price: £6.99 | Publication: 06 June 2019 Format: 165 x 197 mm Board Book | Extent: 24pp Illustrations: colour throughout ePub: N/A Rights: World All Languages
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Birlinn New Titles | Academic History
Alexander III 1249-1286 FIRST AMONG EQUALS
NORMAN H. REID Presiding over an age of relative peace and prosperity, Alexander III represented the zenith of Scottish medieval kingship. The events which followed his early and unexpected death plunged Scotland into turmoil, and into a period of warfare and internal decline which almost brought about the demise of the Scottish state.
ISBN: 9781910900222 Price: £50.00 | Publication: 11 April 2019 Format: 234 x 156mm R-hbk | Extent: 320pp
On the cusp of a dynastic catastrophe which led to economic and political disaster, Alexander III’s reign captures a snapshot of Scotland at the end of a period of sustained peace and development: a view of the medieval state as it really was.
Illustrations: 8pp b/w plates ePub: 9781788850957 Rights: World All Languages
The first full-scale academic study of Alexander III’s reign since 1937 A fundamentally different treatment in terms of the relationships between king and magnates Will appeal to those interested in medieval history, English history and Scottish history
NORMAN H. REID is an Honorary Research Fellow at the School of History, University of St Andrews. He was previously Head of Special Collections and Assistant Director of Library Services, University of St Andrews.
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The Sea Kings THE LATE NORSE KINGDOMS OF MAN AND THE ISLES C.1066-1275
R. ANDREW McDONALD The archipelagic kingdoms of Man and the Isles that flourished from the last quarter of the eleventh century down to the middle of the thirteenth century represent two forgotten kingdoms of the medieval British Isles. This book represents the first ever overview of both Manx and Hebridean dynasties that dominated Man and the Isles from the late eleventh to the midthirteenth centuries. Coverage is broad and is not restricted to politics and warfare.
ISBN: 9781910900215 Price: ÂŁ45.00 | Publication: 09 May 2019 Format: 234 x 156mm R-hbk | Extent: 304pp Illustrations: 8pp b/w plates ePub: 9781788851480 Rights: World All Languages
R. ANDREW McDONALD is Professor of History at Brock University, Canada, where he was the founding director of the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. He is the author of many books, book chapters and articles on medieval Scottish, Hebridean and Manx history.
The first ever study of the Late Norse kingdoms of Man and the Isles in the period of the central Middle Ages Andrew McDonald is an authority on the subject and the author of numerous books on Scottish and Manx medieval history
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Scotland and the Flemish People ALEXANDER FLEMING & ROGER MASON The Flemings are among the most important if under-appreciated immigrant groups to have shaped the history of medieval and early modern Scotland. They came to Scotland as soldiers and settlers, traders and tradesmen, diplomats and dynasts, over a period of several centuries following the Norman Conquest of England in the eleventh century. ISBN: 9781910900277 Price: ÂŁ20.00 | Publication: 07 February 2019 Format: 246 x 189mm pbk | Extent: 208pp Illustrations: colour throughout ePub: 9781788851466 Rights: World All Languages
An accessible guide to one of the most significant groups of immigrants to shape the history of Scotland Written by a range of experts, and covering commercial, diplomatic and cultural links between Scotland and the Low Countries from 1200 to 1600 Of interest to those seeking insight into the Flemish origins of present-day Scottish families
This book examines the nature of Flemish settlement in Scotland, the development of economic, diplomatic and cultural links between Scotland and Flanders, and the lasting impact of the Flemish people on Scottish society and culture.
ALEXANDER FLEMING is an economist by training and occupation, having held positions at the Bank of England, University of St Andrews and the World Bank. He holds two doctorates, including an Honorary LLD from the University of St Andrews. ROGER MASON is a Professor of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews. He has published widely in the field of late medieval and early modern Scottish political thought and culture.
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Voices of Scotswomen in Peace and War IAN MACDOUGALL These fascinating stories of wartime women, told in their own words, vividly convey the important and varied roles that women played during the war. During the Second World War thousands of women served with the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) or the Timber Corps. In this book 19 Scotswomen who served in the war tell their stories. The women, born between 1918 and 1926, and interviewed between 1998 and 2005, came from towns and villages throughout Scotland.
ISBN: 9781910900321 Price: £25.00 | Publication: 11 April 2019 Format: 234 x 156mm pbk | Extent: 448pp Illustrations: 8pp b/w plates ePub: 9781788851725 Rights: World All Languages
IAN MACDOUGALL has played a pivotal role in recording working people’s lives and publishing their stories. He is the author of several works of social history including Bondagers, All Men are Brethren, Voices of Scottish Journalists, Voices from War and Voices from the Hunger Marches.
Published in the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War Portrays the wartime experience of ordinary women in their own words Ian MacDougall is the author of numerous books on the working life of the nation
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The New Town of Edinburgh AN ARCHITECTURAL CELEBRATION
EDITED BY CLARISSE G. DESMAREST This collection of innovative essays celebrates the New Town of Edinburgh over the 250 years since its original creation. The contributing authors discuss the intellectual, economic and political contexts which provided the impetus for the city of Edinburgh to expand north of the Old Town, and analyse the New Town’s unique architectural status. ISBN: 9781910900352 Price: £40.00 | Publication: 10 October 2019 Format: 240 x 170mm hbk | Extent: 320pp Illustrations: colour throughout ePub: N/A Rights: World All Languages
The outcome of two conferences held (in Amiens and Edinburgh) marking 250 years of Edinburgh’s New Town Reflects on the city’s past, from the time of the New Town’s construction to more recent projects
By drawing on different approaches to the new town phenomenon in Scotland, this volume pays tribute to Scotland’s vibrant capital, and offers insights into new research on Scotland’s urban development. CLARICE GODARD DESMAREST is a lecturer at the University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, and a fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France. In 2019, she was Visiting Research Scholar in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. She has had a number of journal articles and book chapters published on Scottish archaeological history and heritage.
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The Minority of James V SCOTLAND IN EUROPE, 1513–1528
KEN EMOND The defeat of the Scots in the Battle of Flodden in 1513 left many of the leaders of Scottish society, including King James IV, lying dead on the battlefield. The long and complex minority of King James V which followed is explored in detail in this book. This study offers a rare insight into a turbulent period of Scottish politics where competing interests of England, France and Scottish families turned the country in a melting-pot of political and international intrigue.
ISBN: 9781910900314 Price: £60.00 | Publication: 10 October 2019 Format: 234 x 156mm R-hbk | Extent: 368pp Illustrations: 8pp b/w plates ePub: N/A Rights: World All Languages
KEN EMOND gained a PhD in Scottish History from the University of St Andrews, and has pursued an interest in history throughout his life, appearing on BBC’s Mastermind with specialist subject Mary, Queen of Scots. He is the Head of Research Funding at the British Academy.
The first full-scale academic study devoted to the minority of James V Will appeal to those interested in medieval history, English history, Scottish history and European history
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Francis Hutcheson Philosophical Writings ESSAYS ON ETHICS, TASTE, LAUGHTER, POLITICS, ECONOMICS
EDITED BY ROBIN DOWNIE
ISBN: 9781910900345 Price: £14.99 | Publication: 10 October 2019 Format: 234 x 156mm R-pbk | Extent: 272pp Illustrations: N/A ePub: N/A Rights: World All Languages
The outcome of two conferences held (in Amiens and Edinburgh) marking 250 years of Edinburgh’s New Town Reflects on the city’s past, from the time of the New Town’s construction to more recent projects
Francis Hutcheson (1694–1745) has traditionally been celebrated for his moral philosophy, which greatly influenced David Hume and other thinkers of the Enlightenment. But he was also the founder of modern philosophical aesthetics. Professor Robin Downie provides an analytical introduction to Hutcheson’s thought and locates it in the culture and chronology of Hutcheson’s life and times.
ROBIN DOWNIE is Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy and an Honorary Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow. In addition to teaching and writing on topics in moral and political philosophy and the philosophy of science, he has served on government and professional committees concerned with ethical issues.
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Dumfries and Galloway PEOPLE AND PLACE C.1700–1914
EDITED BY EDWARD J. COWAN and KENNETH VEITCH Dumfries and Galloway is one of the least-known regions of Scotland. Despite memories and traditions to match those of Gaelic-speaking Scotland, it has been seriously understudied. This innovative, ground-breaking study looks mainly at the everyday lives and culture of people in this region during a period of profound agricultural, industrial and demographic change. All of the contributors to the book are specialists in their fields and have an indepth knowledge of the region through life and work. EDWARD J. COWAN is Emeritus Professor, formerly Professor of Scottish History at the University of Glasgow and Director of the university’s Dumfries Campus. KENNETH VEITCH is a Research fellow at the European Ethnological Research Centre, School of Literatures, Language and Culture, University of Edinburgh.
ISBN: 9781910900123 Price: £45.00 | Publication: 22 August 2019 Format: 234 x 156mm R-hbk | Extent: 512pp Illustrations: b/w throughout ePub: N/A Rights: World All Languages
The first major ethnological study of south-west Scotland Includes topics such as food, festivals and folklore, music, mining, smuggling, emigration and immigration Of interest to local people and the wider public, as well as to academics
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