Best Selling Books by Ian Douglas

Castles of the Douglases expands on the castles section of the author's Clan Douglas from Warriors to Dukes . It provides additional material on the main castles and covers a range of further castles. Take a journey through the buildings the Douglases left behind. Castles and other buildings are physical evidence of the past and can help to bring the past to life. The Douglases had many castles, and visiting them is an adventure and pleasure for anyone interested in Douglas history. This book c overs twenty three major Douglas Castles, as well as a range of smaller towers. The current book incorporares the material in Part 2 of the author's book, "Clan Douglas from Warriors to Dukes", and expands on it with much further material. It includes many full colour photos and aerial images, showing the buildings in their environment and in context.

Mary Queen of Scots returned from France to Scotland in a royal fleet to rule as queen, aged only eighteen. She left seven years later, exhausted and terrified, in a small fishing boat. Mary had tried to rule Scotland during one of the most turbulent times in Scotland's history. Mary's personal life was turbulent too. She had been married three times by the age of twenty-four. Her first marriage was probably unconsummated and was to the future King of France. Mary was Queen of France until her husband died. Her second marriage was to her cousin Lord Darnley, and the third to the Earl of Bothwell, a clan warlord. Neither was the type of man any parent would want their daughter to marry! This book describes the life of this fascinating and ultimately tragic queen, who lived and tried to rule at a momentous time in Scotland's history. This is the second, expanded edition of the highly popular book.