A people's history of Scotland

the long version

A riveting storyteller, Chris Bambery recounts the struggles for Scottish nationhood. He charts the lives of Scots who changed the world, as well as those who fought for the cause of ordinary people closer to home, from the poets Robert Burns and Hugh MacDiarmid to campaigners such as John Maclean and Helen Crawfurd. This is a passionate cry for more than just independence but also for a nation based on social justice. Fully updated to include the 2014 independence referendum and the subsequent dominance of the Scottish National Party, as well as the threat that Brexit poses the Union--back cover.