SCOTTISH HISTORY WITHOUT THE BORING BITS

A colourful chronology of the eccentric, the infamous, the bawdy, the horrific and the hilarious. From the Royal High School riot to Marocco the Wonder Horse, from the War of the One-Eyed Woman to the MP cleared of stealing his ex-mistress's knickers, here is a host of little-known tales strangely absent from more conventional works of history.