War Paths: Walking in the Shadows of the Clans

The acclaimed historian sets off in the footsteps of the Highland clans, exploring places of conflict in twelve journeys.

As Alistair Moffat recounts the military prowess of the clans-surely the most feared fighting men in western Europe-he also speaks of their lives, their language and culture before it was all swept away.

From the colonisers who attempted to 'civilise' the islanders of Lewis in the sixteenth century through the great battles of the eighteenth century-Killiecrankie, Dunkeld,...