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Travel
Every one who lives in Scotland, and every visitor, notices the names of places. This little booklet does not explain the meaning of all of them. What it does is show how the places names of Scotland derive from many... See More
History
The Congress of Vienna met after the fall of Napoleon to decide how to re-draw the map of Europe. Everywhere west of the Russian Empire was profoundly affected, and the decisions taken at Vienna had far-reaching... See More
History
James IV of Scotland reigned from 1488 to 1513. He is probably best known for his catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Flodden, during a war against Henry VIII. He ought to be much better known for his reign in Scotland, for... See More
History
"Votes for Women!" is a short but full analysis of the way in which women in Britain won the vote in parliamentary elections. The peaceful persuasion of the Suffragists is given due weight, alongside the militancy of the... See More
Literary Criticism
The story of the Jacobite rebellions is filled with romantic heroes: Rob Roy, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Alan Breck Stewart and others. John Graham, Viscount Dundee, was the first of these, for he led the first Jacobite... See More
History
The centenary of the outbreak of the First World War revealed some disagreement among historians as to why and how it began. This author, a retired school teacher, traces the development of his own thinking, from childhood... See More
History
In the middle of the nineteenth century Britain was not a democracy. By the end of the First World War it was. This transformation took place without a violent revolution, through a series of acts of parliament, accompanied... See More
History
There are many excellent books on the Reformation, but most of them are either long or very long. In this lecture the most important points are summed up in ten thousand words. These are lectures for busy people. This also... See More
History
"The Russian Revolution of 1917" is not a detailed history of that remarkable year, in which there were two revolutions, one in February and one in October. Rather it consists of two lectures, tackling the two key historical... See More
History
This booklet does not pretend to be a full acount of the Cold War. It consists of two lectures, The first one explains what the Cold War was about; and it turns out to have been about many things, which is why it was so... See More
History
That old song "The Vicar of Bray" describes how one clergyman kept adapting his politics and theology as politics and religion was continually changing 1670-1720. This lecture goes through the song verse by verse and... See More
History
Every voter in a democracy should know about the causes of wars, so that their voting can be informed. This booklet contains two lectures. The first gives a fresh analysis of the causes of the First World War by analysing... See More
History
In nineteenth century Britain it was generally taken for granted that taxes should be as low as possible and that the government would do nothing to help poor families unless they were actually in danger of starvation. In... See More
History
The Jacobite movement began as soon as James VII and II was forced to abdicate by William of Orange in 1688. After that there were five Jacobite risings, until the final collapse that followed the battle of Culloden in 1746... See More
History
The way in which Otto von Bismarck created the German Empire is one of the most complex and important stories in nineteenth century diplomatic history. the implications of his achievement were one major cause of Europe's... See More
History
This lecture takes every branch of warfare from Code-breaking to Logistics to the Atom Bomb to Grand Strategy and every battlefield from Midway to Stalingrad to Normandy. This is not, of course, the story of the War - in... See More
History
This booklet is made up of two lectures, one on slavery in America before the Civil War and one on the causes of the Civil War. They were originally given to an adult evening class with only 30 minutes allowed for each... See More
History
"The Causes of the Second World War and Appeasment" consists of two lectures. The first one deals with all the causes of all the separate wars that combined to make the global conflict that we call "The Second World War" and... See More
History
"Hitler's Rise to Power" is a brief, methodical explanation of how it was that one of the most advanced and civilized countries in the modern world found itself, by 1933, with one of the most dreadful governments. There are... See More
History
"The Unification of Italy" provides a brief but thorough summary of the process by which the many Italian states of the first half of the nineteenth century had by 1870 become one country, with Rome as its capital city and... See More
History
This booklet contains two lectures. The first is a clear but comprehensive explanation of what Socialism meant, and what the socialist movement was about, in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The lecture provides... See More
History
The Scottish Enlightenment was one of the most important cultural movements ever to take place in Britain. The new ideas of Thomas Reid, David Hume, Adam Smith and a host of others transformed Scotland, Europe and the... See More
Crime Fiction
In this play Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are lured to a music hall by Professor Moriarty, in a plot involving terrorist bombs. The plot is foiled by Wiggins and the Baker Street Irregulars. An important feature of the play... See More
Religion & Spirituality
In "Three Wise Men" St Matthew retells his story of the birth of Christ so as to bring out its meaning and so as to show its relevance to our world. It is full of jokes and fun, but it is also thought-provoking. The wise men... See More
History
This is a short play based closely on "Memorials of His Own Time" by Henry Cockburn. In it Henry Cockburn and his close friend Francis Jeffrey reminisce about their experiences between 1790 and 1830. Scenes include a duel, a... See More
Literature & Fiction
This play is an adventure story set in the reign of David I of Scotland 1124-1153. Because it was written as part of classroom teaching it is packed with medieval history. Unlike most historical novels it has footnotes... See More
Children's eBooks
Flora, Dan and Iain are on a perfect summer holiday on the West Coast of Scotland, ready to enjoy woods, hills and the sea. But they keep noticing odd things going on and suddenly they are on the track of a gang of crooks... See More
Religion & Spirituality
HistoryThis is a reproduction of a classic text optimised for kindle devices. We have endeavoured to create this version as close to the original artefact as possible. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with... See More
HistoryThis is a reproduction of a classic text optimised for kindle devices. We have endeavoured to create this version as close to the original artefact as possible. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with... See More