A History of Scotland - Waverley Scottish Classics (Paperback)

David Ross is a historian who examines the state of a country/nation as it is today, and then explains how that country has developed through time using people and places and events to make history come alive, rather than depend on a dry narrative of kings, queens and battles. Aimed at the general reader, this short history focuses on the seventy generations who have inhabited Scotland within historical time. It is their work, beliefs and experience that form the basis of modern Scotland, and drove Scotland towards establishing its parliament in 1999. The book tracks too how Scotland has changed because of new arrivals, but argues that the country has maintained and prized its cultural and political differences while welcoming ethnic influence.