Reviews and Awards
"[O]ffers a lively, intelligent, at times eccentric, but always entertaining overview not just of its historical subject but also of the debates generated by three successive waves of scholars who have brought modern techniques to the analysis of this resource-rich historical field."--American Historical Review
"Well-written, insightful...[A] wide-ranging, well-argued, and convincing account of the establishment of a centralized state in Scotland."--Sixteenth Century Journal
"A stimulating book."--CHOICE