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Every major event produces songs and stories. The five Jacobite Risings were no different. Some songs were pro-Jacobite, some were Whig (anti-Jacobite), some were outright satires, some recounted the actual historical events, and some were basically spin and fake news. Many of those we now consider to be of the time or "traditional" were actually composed during the Victorian rediscovery of all things Highland in the 1800s, long after the even...

Interest in Scots heraldry is at an all-time peak. Balfour Paul's Ordinary of Arms (1903 edition) had some 5, 500 entries covering the 230 years from 1672 to 1902. Reid and Wilson's Ordinary Volume II added another 6, 000, representing 72 years up to 1973. Now, after not much more than a quarter of a Century, there are almost another 5, 000. That just refers to Arms actually granted. In addition there is considerable personal fascination with ...

This volume contains four hard to find and rarely-collected stories by 'Dick Donovan' (JEP Muddock), originally printed in Strand in July, August, September and November 1892, between the 1st and 2nd series of Conan Doyle's adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Also reproduced here is Grant Allen's October 1892 tale, 'The Great Ruby Robbery'. An appreciation of that worthy man, Muddock, for whom the bald term "writer" is wholly inadequate, is includ...

Before Sherlock Holmes there was Dick Donovan The first internationally-popular Victorian police detective, Dick Donovan was Glasgow's own protector of the peace. "Dick Donovan" was the pen-name for a hugely successful series of over 200 stories and books written by James Emmerson Preston Muddock. These tales predated in popularity Conan Doyle's early Sherlock Holmes outings, and some were first were published in The Strand Magazine at th...

It is 1875. Old Tom Morris and his son, Young Tom Morris, dominate golf. St Andrews is the best course and the Royal and Ancient is the top club. A Morris may win the Open Championship - again! But, one by one, members of the Morris family die. Enter Captain David McArdle, recently of the Black Watch. Champion or villain? War hero or phoney? Friend of Tom Morris - or his nemesis? And what of the local doctor back just from India? The Supe...

This book and the accompanying Volume B (Lanark-Wigton plus General Retours) are composed from the three volumes together called Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum, quae in Publicis Archivis Scotiae Adhuc Servantur (Inquiries Retourned to the Chancery of our Lord the King which are Held in the Archives of Scotland) from 1544 to 1699. These records, informally known as Retours of Services of Heirs, represent possibly the greate...

Interested in Heraldry? Like a good chuckle? This gem from 1878 puts it in perspective. With a spiffing new introduction by well-known Genealogist and Heraldist Dr Bruce Durie, The Comic History of Heraldry is a timeless classic that deserves a place on every bookshelf. Plus... a mystery solved - who was the original author?

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A shocking debunking of the myth of Celtic identity across the British Isles

Part I - Musings on Things Scottish Part II - Researching your Scottish ancestry from America, with Family History sources, musings on aspects of Scottishness, history, heritage, inheritance, heraldry, migration, land and maps, DNA, hints and tips, and more. by Bruce Durie, considered worldwide one of the top Scottish genealogists and heraldists. "In this idiosyncratic, informed, entertaining and always educational book, Bruce Durie takes the ...

Scottish Genealogy is a comprehensive guide to tracing your family history in Scotland.

A history of Dunfermline

A Century of Glasgow

From the momentous to the outlandish, this little book brings together past and present to offer a taste of Edinburgh. Learn about the movers and shakers who shaped this fantastic city. The great and the good, the bad and the ugly. Small wonders, tall stories, triumph and tragedy. Best places and worst places. Origins, evolution, future. Written by an author who knows what makes Edinburgh tick.

Forensic Genealogy means four different things: 1. how genealogists interact with lawyers and the law in different countries - heir-hunting, copyright, privacy, freedom of information, property law etc. 2. standards of proof - what is acceptable as evidence, especially when working for lawyers or appearing in court. 3. science as applied to genealogy - DNA, paternity etc. 4. dating documents, pictures, artefacts etc. Increasingly, genealogists...

Genealogists and local historians have probably seen every birth, marriage, death and census record available, and are adept at unsing the internet for research. However, once they have learnt everything they can from them, the next step is reading and understanding older documents.

Glasgow has one of the bloodiest and most tumultuous histories on record, riddled with plagues and pirate attacks, religious divides and reconciliations, bombs, executions, fires and floods.

Welsh genealogy is usually included with its English cousin, but there are significant differences between the two, and anyone wishing to trace their Welsh ancestry will encounter peculiarities that are not covered by books on English family history. Welsh Genealogy covers all of this as well as the basic Welsh needed by family historians,

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THE HIGH HISTORY OF THE HOLY QUAIL A FANTASIA Volume the First in the End of All Magick Saga ALL THE WORLD'S A MAGE... There are only two rules in life - It's Not Fair and Don't Be Late, as Slouch finds when he is apprenticed to Vizagriz, wizard of Al Faq'Ahl. Is all Magick a consequence of a mysterious artefact known as The Holy Quail? What is the InterWeb? What exactly are heroes for? And why does there have to some drippy woman along on eve...