Description: The author draws on extensive research in the rich archives of the Scottish noble houses to demonstrate that the conventional view of the Scottish nobility is wrong.
Brief description: Keith Brown is Professor of History at the University of Manchester. He specializes in early modern Scottish History, particularly the history of parliament and of the nobility.
Review Quotes: Brown's lavishly illustrated (both anecdotally and pictorially) study of the Scottish nobility in the early modern period does far more than redress the balance a little: it achieves its aims very convincingly indeed and is a significant contribution to Scottish history ... the overriding impression left by Noble Society in Scotland is eager anticipation for the second volume."--Diana Newton, University of Teesside "English Historical Review"