About the Author

T. M. Devine (OBE) is University Research Professor and Director of the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen.

Reviews

Magnificent ... a high achievement, a history of modern Scotland which, rarely for the subject, endows with sweep and power the changes that have created the country we live in
*The Herald*

Devine's scholarship is state of the art ... if you are after answers to the big questions of Scottish history, Devine is your man
*Niall Ferguson*