Biography & Travel Writing

In this best-selling biography of John Knox, Rosalind K. Marshall traces the life of...

Book by Samuel Johnson, published in 1775. The Journey was the result of a three-month...

In 1773, James Boswell made a long-planned journey across the Scottish Highlands with...

Some people live to walk. Raynor and Moth walk to live . . . Raynor Winn knows that...

Simon Fraser was one of Scotland most notorious and romantic figures. A double-agent...

Neil Ansell walks in some of the most remote parts of Britain, the Scottish Highlands,...

Being a woman was her only crime. Scottish Highlands, 1727. In the aftermath of a...

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) wrote a diary nearly every day of her life. Originally...

For many years George Mackay Brown wrote a weekly column in 'The Orcadian', and this...

This book tells the remarkable story of Edward Tull-Warnock. An orphan adopted by a...

After 20 years working as a professional biologist, the author decided to ‘retire’ to...

Although related to one of the ruling families of Ireland, Columba (c 521-97) became a...