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©2000
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xviii, 734 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm
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In the beginning -- The Romans in Scotland -- Picts, Scots, Britons, Angles and others -- Macbeth -- Malcolm Canmore and St Margaret -- David I -- William the Lion -- The Thirteenth Century: Alexanders II and III -- John Balliol; 'Toom Tabard' -- William Wallace -- Robert Bruce -- David II -- Robert II and Robert III -- James I -- James II -- James III -- James IV and the Renaissance -- James V -- Mary Queen of Scots: 1, reign and the Reformation -- Mary Queen of Scots: 2, imprisonment and civil war -- James VI and the union of the crowns -- Charles I and the national covenant -- Charles II and the Covenanters -- James VII & II: the last Stewart king -- William and Mary: the 'Glorious Revolution'? -- Queen Anne and the act of union -- Risings and riots -- 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' and the '45 -- Sir Walter Scott: 'the Wizard of the North' -- Epilogue: 'There shall be a Scottish parliament' -- Appendix A: Chronology -- Appendix B: Kings and queens of Scotland