Alistair Moffat was born in Kelso, Scotland. He is an award-winning writer and historian, and was Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and is former Rector of the University of St Andrews. He is founder of Borders Book Festival and Co-Chairman of The Great Tapestry of Scotland. His many books include The Highland Clans and Scotland's Forgotten Past, both also published by Thames & Hudson.
'Vivid and compelling' - The Sunday Herald 'As fresh and warm as a dram of uisge beatha' - Focus 'There’s a timelessness about people and landscape which is brought out quite brilliantly here. This book deserves to be very, very widely read' - Professor Barry Cunliffe, Oxford University 'Lively and entertaining' - Scottish Field