The Highlands of Scotl&, & more specifically the clans that inhabit them, have a romantic resonance & mystery. Fitzroy Maclean recounts their extraordinary history, from their Celtic origins to Robert the Bruce, the wars of independence & Bannockburn, from Flodden, Mary Queen of Scots to the Jacobite Risings of the eighteenth century, the nineteenth-century Clearances & the modern day.
Highlanders sheds light on the motivation & character of the clans, bringing vividly to life their highly dramatic stories. Never before has there been such a thorough & well-balanced view of Highland history.