David Ross
1943
David Ross has written numerous books on aspects of Scottish history and culture, some serious and some less so. His most recent isThe Killing Time, a study of Scotland between the Covenant of 1638 and the Union of 1707. Scottish humour is a particular interest, and he is compiler and editor of the best-selling Awa’ an’ Bile Yer Heid, an anthology of choice Scottish insults. He is currently working on anthology of Scottish humour from its earliest appearances to the present day.-birlinn.co.uk
Books
- Scots-English, English-Scots dictionary
- England
- The killing time
- Children of the clearances
- The story of David Livingstone
- Xenophobe's Guide to the Scots
- 1001 Pearls of Wisdom
- Awa'An'Bile Yer Heid!
- MacRory's breeks and other Highland humour
- Angel inspirations
- The serpent shell
- Angel Inspirations
- Scottish Quotations
- The illustrated history of British steam railways
- I fought at Bannockburn
- W. B. Yeats
- Ross on crime
- Scottish quotations
- Ancient Sotland
- A little book of Scottish verse
- Scotland
- A history of Scotland
- The North British Railway
- Royalist, but ...
- The male of a cow
- British steam railways
- Palaces
- 1001 Pearls of Wisdom
- Xenophobe's guide to the Scots
- Scottish place-names
- The story of Rob Roy
- The xenophobe's guide to the Scots
- 1001 pearls of wisdom
- Auld enemies
- Critical companion to William Butler Yeats
- The pocket book of Scottish quotations
- A little history of Scotland
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