Allan Massie

The laird and his legend

‘Stuart Kelly’ the author’s note declares, ‘was born and brought up in the Scottish Borders.’ Not so, as he tells us; he was born in Falkirk, which is in central Scotland, and came to the Borders as a child.

  • Scott-Land: The Man who Invented a Nation

    Stuart Kelly

    Polygon, pp. 328

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