Scotland's Forgotten Past: A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced and Misunderstood
By: Alistair Moffat
3.98
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
While Scotland’s history cannot be separated from its kings and queens, saints, and warriors, there…
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By: Alison Weir
3.80
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
Despite five centuries of investigation by historians, the sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V… read more
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2. The Celtic Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends
By: Miranda Aldhouse-Green
3.65
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From gods, heroes, and monsters to Druids, sorcerers, and talking animals, TheCeltic Mythsexplores … read more
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3. Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
By: Judith Herrin
3.73
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
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4. No Great Mischief
By: Alistair MacLeod
4.02
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Alistair MacLeod musters all of the skill and grace that have won him an international following to… read more
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5. And the Land Lay Still
By: James Robertson
4.17
Format: 427 pages, Hardcover
Michael Pendreich is curating an exhibition of photographs by his late, celebrated father Angus for… read more
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6. Caledonian Road
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.96
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more
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7. The Bookseller of Inverness
By: S.G. MacLean
4.08
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drumossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally s… read more
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8. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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9. Scotland's Forgotten Past: A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced and Misunderstood
By: Alistair Moffat
3.98
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
While Scotland’s history cannot be separated from its kings and queens, saints, and warriors, there… read more
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10. Queen Macbeth
By: Val McDermid
3.77
Format: 122 pages, Kindle Edition
Shakespeare fed us the myth of the Macbeths as murderous conspirators. But now Val McDermid drags t… read more
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11. Parade
By: Rachel Cusk
3.70
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
From the exhilarating mind of Rachel Cusk, author of the Outline trilogy, Parade disturbs and defin… read more
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12. Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen
By: Jane Draycott
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The first modern biography of one of the most influential yet long-neglected rulers of the ancient … read more
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13. Enlightenment
By: Sarah Perry
3.70
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and a… read more
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14. Waypoints: My Scottish Journey
By: Sam Heughan
4.29
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
Journey deep into the Scottish Highlands in the first memoir by #1 New York Times bestselling autho… read more
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15. The Tower
By: Flora Carr
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A bold, feminist debut novel, reimagining Mary, Queen of Scots’s darkest hour, when she was held ho… read more
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16. The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
By: Peter Frankopan
3.94
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development… read more
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17. Clanlands Almanac: Seasonal Stories from Scotland
By: Sam Heughan
4.17
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
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18. Queen Hereafter
By: Isabelle Schuler
4.03
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
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19. Fragile Animals
By: Genevieve Jagger
3.61
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
When an ex-catholic woman develops a sexual relationship with a vampire, she is forced to confront … read more
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20. The Beholders
By: Hester Musson
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
SOME HOUSES ARE HAUNTED BY THE LIVING June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of th… read more
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21. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)
By: Kate Atkinson
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more
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22. Ashes and Stones: A Scottish Journey in Search of Witches and Witness
By: Allyson Shaw
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Ashes & Stones is a moving and personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages an… read more
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23. The King's Witches
By: Kate Foster
4.22
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
The King’s Witches by Kate Foster is a gripping and beautiful historical novel, giving an unforgett… read more
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24. The Anthology of Scottish Folk Tales
By: The History Press
3.82
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
This enchanting collection of stories gathers together legends from across Scotland in one special … read more
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25. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics
By: Elle Reeve
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This tour de force of investigative journalism—in the vein of The Next Civil War and Why We’re Pola… read more
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26. The Museum of Other People: From Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions
By: Adam Kuper
3.51
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From one of the world’s most distinguished anthropologists, an important and timely work of cultura… read more
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27. Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me
By: Edith Hall
4.04
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused… read more
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28. Homecoming: The Scottish Years of Mary, Queen of Scots
By: Rosemary Goring
3.89
Format: 409 pages, Kindle Edition
One of the most famous queens in history, Mary Stuart lived in her homeland for just twelve as a d… read more
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29. The Aztec Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Stories and Legends (Myths, 6)
By: Camilla Townsend
3.90
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The essential guide to the world of Aztec mythology, based on Nahuatl-language sources that challen… read more
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