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By John Mackintosh. Here is a beautiful reprint of a book first written in 1893. It contains sections on the early history of Scotland, the Roman occupation, the tribes, Picts, Irish-Scots, arrival of the Saxons, Battle of Dunnischin, arrival of Christianity, Saint Ninian, St. Kentiger, St. Columbia, Iona, the nation in the Medieval era, Danes, Norwegians, Malcolm II, Macbeth, Malcolm III, Edgar, Keltic art, the Normans, Alexander I, David I, William the Lion, Alexander III, Haco’s invasion, Maid of Norway, war of independence, William Wallace, Robert Bruce, Battle of Falkirk, Battle of Bannockburn, the independence of Scotland, David II, Battle of Durham, Robert II, Robert III, capture of Prince James, reign of James I, conflicts between the crown and the nobles, James II, James III, James IV, progress of the Reformation, James V, martyrdom of Hamilton, disaster at Solway Moss, infant Queen Mary and the scheme of Henry VIII, murder of Beaton, John Knox, execution of Adam Wallace, Treaty of Edinburgh, abolition of the Roman Catholic Church, reign of Queen Mary, Bothwell, the union of the crown, Battle of Glenlivet, Gowrie conspiracy, liberty crushed, Charles I, Cromwell’s reign, the Restoration, execution of Argyle, defeat of the insurgents, Charles II, revolution, King William, the massacre at Glencoe, the treaty of union, the risings of 1715 and 1745, the landing of Charles, Battle of Preston, whiskey smuggling, religious movements, Assembly of 1843, Scottish literature and more.
Softcover, 336 pages
