Allan Massie

Scotland’s miraculous century (it started with the Union)

A review of Michael Fry’s A Higher World examines the long 18th century, in which the Union of England and Scotland was consolidated

issue 22 November 2014
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  • A Higher World: Scotland 1707–1815

    Michael Fry

    Berlinn, pp. 462

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