KINGS AND QUEENS OF SCOTLAND (AMBERLEY) (PB)

A new edition of the complete history of the Scottish rulers, from the heads of its early constituent states and the first King of Scots Kenneth MacAlpin, to Queen Anne and the union with England. Complex and often violent, it is full of rapid reversals of fortune, brilliant and incompetent leadership, family strife, and triumph and tragedy closely intertwined. The obscure earlier history is often as fascinating as the better-known stories of the Bruce and Queen Mary, though less familiar and this saga of a thousand years is a tribute to the qualities of Scotland's rulers.