CONTENTS

                          Title

                          Dedication

                          Acknowledgements

                          Introduction

  8200–500 BC  Earliest Times

       AD 0–800   The Picts and the Coming of the Romans

  AD 800–1093   The Bloody Succession of Early Scottish Kings (including Macbeth)

  AD 800–1200   Hide Your Women: The Norsemen are Coming!

AD 1249–1306   The Wars of Independence: ‘Braveheart’ v. ‘The Hammer of the Scots

AD 1297–1319   The Wars of Independence King Robert the Bruce:

AD 1400–1411   The Bloody Battle of Harlaw

AD 1300–1673   Piracy on the High Seas!

AD 1542–1562   Burn of Blood: Mary, Queen of Scots Clips The Cock o’ the North’s Wings

AD 1420–1571   Feuding Families

AD 1500–1600   Witches, Warlocks and Sorcery

AD 1594–1644   Religious Carnage

AD 1490–1647   The Great Pestilence!

AD 1644–1660   Dunnottar Castle and the Crown Jewels

AD 1689–1746   The King o’er the Water

AD 1743–1840   Crime and Punishment: At Least for Some

AD 1794–1994   The Finest Regiment in the World

AD 1600–1898   Attack of the Resurrectionists!

AD 1190–1881   Shipwreck!

AD 1914–1918   The War to End All Wars

AD 1939–1945   War in the Streets of Aberdeen

AD 1970–2013   Coda: The Real Price of North Sea Oil and Gas

                          Sources and References

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