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Book SynopsisFrom Bannockburn and Robert the Bruce to the union of the crowns and Mary, Queen of Scots; from the Reformation and John Knox, to the Enlightenment and the Highland Clearances, and right up to devolution, Scotland is the definitive history of a country that has experienced centuries of dramatic change.
Michael Lynch, named as ''one of the most influential historians in Scotland of the last thirty years'', has penned an extraordinary one-volume history of the country that spans twenty centuries, from the Picts to the present day.
Thrilling, comprehensive, provocative and timely, Scotland is a monumental work of scholarship.
Trade ReviewIt's a book that seems more like a multi-volume history, so sweeping is it; yet lucid and captivating even in detailed areas... Fundamental to Lynch's approach is a sense of connection between
now and
then, however far back; he continuously shows how Scottish identity refashions its heroes and myths, yet clings to survival -- Douglas Gifford
A monumental achievement * Times Literary Supplement *
Breathtaking and absorbing * Scottish Field *
Fascinating...it ought to be compulsory reading for all MPs, journalists and commentators before they were permitted to talk about European economic and political union -- Tom Wilkie * Independent *
