Агнес Мак-Кензи. Рождение Шотландии

The history of Scotland is known to the Russian-speaking reader mainly from the novels of Walter Scott, dedicated to the turbulent turning point of the English Revolution and the fall of the Stuarts. Otherwise, Scotland appears on the pages of books and magazines only as an implacable opponent of England. And very little attention is paid to the period when both states coexisted peacefully, and the gray days of the founding of Scottish statehood completely escape the field of view of researchers.

It is about this era that the book of Agnes McKenzie narrates. Step by step, the author traces the process of the formation of the Scottish nation, the gathering of Scottish lands from the most ancient times to the time when the Scottish territory acquired its modern outlines. Early Scottish history is as rich in drama, paradoxes, ups and downs as the history of any other country, and this book will help the reader not only look back into the past and get acquainted with hitherto little-known lands, people and events, but also a deeper understanding of nature and the character of Scotland and the Scots.