Scotland: 1001 Things You Need To Know Edwin Moore2008

A cornucopia of fascinating and hilarious revelations about all things Scottish - from monarchs and malts to tartans and Taggart.

As the proud possessors of a fiercely independent creative heritage, the Scots were a race apart even before Hadrian built the wall. Scotland has produced an indomitable bunch of fighters, builders, thinkers and drinkers, poets, players and pedagogues that have shaped the course of modern history. "Scotland: 1,001 Things You Need To Know" is the real McCoy, a comprehensive guide to Caledonia and its remarkable people.

'Edwin's entries are entertaining and scholarly - he writes like a Scottish Bill Bryson... It is when he takes an interest in the backwaters of history, the details lost down the back of the sofa, that he is at his best. " Dundee Courier

Titre original : Scotland: 1001 Things You Need To Know (2008)