Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Chronology ix
Introduction xiii
1 Scotland, the Scots and the Art of War 1
2 Treason Never Doth Prosper: The Bishops' Wars 17
3 Blue Bonnets Over the Border: The Campaign in Northumberland and the Battle of Marston Moor 34
4 With Brode Swordis but Mercy or Remeid: Rebellion in Scotland, Tibbermore and Aberdeen 51
5 Bitter Winter: The Fall of Newcastle and the Ravaging of Argyll 70
6 We Gat Fechtin' Oor Fill: Auldearn and Alford 89
7 High Noon: Kilsyth and Philiphaugh 109
8 An End and a New Beginning 127
9 The King in the North 143
10 Curs'd Dunbar 159
11 The Last Hurrah: Inverkeithing and Worcester 177
Appendices
1 The Irish Brigade Under Montrose 1644-1645 197
2 News from His Majesty's Army in Scotland, by an Irish Officer in Alexander MacDonnel's Forces 201
3 The Scots Army at Dunbar 1650 204
Notes 209
Bibliography 231
Index 235