Book description
Written by award-winning Scottish historian James Hunter, this
groundbreaking and definitive account reveals how the Highlands and
Islands of Scotland have evolved from a centre of European
significance to a Scottish outpost. Never before has the history of
the region been recounted so comprehensively and in so much
fascinating, often moving, detail.
But this book is not simply the story of humanity's millennia-long
involvement with one of the world's most spectacular localities. It is
also a major contribution to present-day debate about how Scotland,
and Britain, should be organised.
James Hunter is the author of a number of books on Scottish history,
including
Culloden and the Last Clansman
,
A Dance Called America
and
Scottish Exodus
. He lives in Beauly, Inverness-shire.
