Radical Scotland

The first single-volume history of Scotland's hidden radical past.<BR>Describes how the flame of radicalism was lit in Scotland, inspired by the French Revolution and fueled by the inequities of the King and his government in England, as well as land-owner in Scotland, who crushed the uprising and sent its ringleaders to Australia, only to have them return and campaign anew for widespread political reform.<BR>Tells the story of the long tradition of dissent and radicalism in Scotland - a story that has been largely air-brushed from the history books.<BR>The author is the SNP Member of Parliament for East Lothian, and was previously the Justice Minister in the Scottish Parliament.