Curious Scotland: Tales From A Hidden History

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In Curious Scotland, George Rosie unearths and illuminates many neglected aspects of Scottish history in a rich collection of episodes that ranges from the Picts to the Indian tribes of North America. What became of the sons of Robert Burns How did Scotland influence the Ku Klux Klan Why was a Hebridean island deliberately infested with anthrax The answers lie in a book which reveals the complexity, contradictions and sheer interest of Scotland's long and strange history.

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George Rosie is a reporter, writer and broadcaster. Among his many credits, his documentary After Lockerbie won a BAFTA in 1998, and he has contributed to The Guardian, New Statesman, The Scotsman and The Herald, among others. He lives in Edinburgh and is working on his second novel.