1745 And All That: The Story of the Highlands

By Scoular Anderson

After the huge success of 1314 And All That, Scoular Anderson turns his inimitable style to the Highlands, focusing on key areas of Highland history from the earliest times to the present day. He also offers insights into some unique facets of Highland life, such as clanship, sheep, shinty and whisky.
Up-to-date and authoritatively researched, this book is a short, sharp and humorous introduction for anyone who needs to sort out their Butt of Lewis from their Paps of Jura.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Birlinn
• Release date: Oct 4, 2011
• ISBN: 9780857901293

Scoular Anderson

Scoular Anderson lives in a house in Argyll, Scotland. He spends lots of time looking at the passing ships rather than getting on with his work. The cat and the dog often come to sleep in his studio because it's the warmest room in the house. Scoular likes writing books which are funny or make the reader learn something. He has written and illustrated about 80 books. He likes drawing dogs and castles but is not too keen on bicycles because they stick out at strange angles.

Reviews for 1745 And All That

[dinadansfriend · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

A version of "1066 and all that" for the aggressively Scottish. I found the jokes fairly predictable.