Grampian Battlefields: The Historic Battles of North East Scotland from AD84 to 1745

Few books have a more appropriate title than this one, for the name “Grampian” comes from that of the first battle described in it. The name was actually Mons Graupius, but a mistake by a mediaeval scholar changed it to Grampius, or else we should now speak of the Graupian Mountains and Graupian Television. The chapters originated as articles in 1981‐1993 but have been subject to long delays before appearing in book form under the auspices of the Centre for Scottish Studies at Aberdeen University: the most recent item in the bibliography is dated 1986. The result is a popularly...