Scottish History Without the Boring Bits

A Chronicle of the Curious, the Eccentric, the Atrocious and the Unlikely

Ian Crofton

• Publisher: Birlinn
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781780272658
• eBook ISBN: 9780857908629
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

This is the story of Scotland as it's never been told before. From the 4th millennium BC, when the first Scot was expelled from Eden, right up to the 21st century, when US intelligence identified a distillery on Islay as a possible threat to world peace, Ian Crofton presents a host of little-known tales that you won't find in conventional history books.

Packed with fascinating facts and extraordinary events, Scottish History Without the Boring Bits also includes some remarkable personalities, such as the duke who ate his own fingers, the poet who sought inspiration from a tooth, the vampire-hunting children of the Gorbals, and the MP accused of stealing his ex-mistress's knickers. 

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• The Dark and Middle Ages
• The Sixteenth Century
• The Seventeenth Century
• The Eighteenth Century
• The Nineteenth Century
• The Twentieth Century and Beyond
• Index