The Scots and the Union by Christopher A. Whatley
By Christopher A. Whatley
This ebook lines the occasions resulting in the Treaty of Union of 1707, assesses the treaty's effect on Scottish society, and demanding situations the normal view that Scots have been "bought and bought for English gold" and bullied right into a union with England.
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