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

Fully revised and updated, including the recent Scottish independence and EU referendums.

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A compact 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.

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Entertaining and scholarly - he writes like a Scottish Bill Bryson Dundee Courier

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Moore, Edwin
Edwin Moore was for twenty years a senior editor for the Collins Reference division in Glasgow. He is also the author of two books: Lemmings Don´t Leap: 180 Myths, Misconceptions and Urban Legends Exploded (2006) and Brief Encounters: Meetings Between (Mostly) Remarkable People (2007), both published by ChambersHarrap. Scotland : 1000 Things You Need To Know is published by Atlantic in 2008.

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