Watt offers a fascinating account of a tumultuous period in Scottish history when the country was gripped by financial mania. Looking at previously unexamined evidence, this work shows that Scottish mismanagement, not English interference, led to Scotlands greatest financial disaster.

The Price of Scotland: Darien, Union and the Wealth of Nations

Business & Money

Watt, Douglas

Economics

Luath Pr

The Price of Scotland covers a well-known episode in Scottish history, the ill-fated Darien Scheme. It recounts for the first time in almost forty years, the history of the Company of Scotland, looking at previously unexamined evidence and considering the failure in light of the Company's financial records. Douglas Watt offers the reader a new way of looking at this key moment in history, from the attempt to raise capital in London in 1695 through to the shareholder bail-out as part of the Treaty of Union in 1707. With the tercentenary of the Union in May 2007, The Price of Scotland provides a timely reassessment of this national disaster.

History

Europe

Luath Press Ltd.

A mystery surrounds the murder of Sir Lachlan MacLean, an impoverished Highland laird. With a history of bad debts, quarrels with his son and daughter, and shady associates, Sir Lachlan had many enemies. But while motives are not hard to find, evidence is another thing entirely. MacKenzie must put aside his own demons, enter a world of clan rivalry, unearth secrets from the past and discover who has committed this heinous crime.

Death of a Chief

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Mystery surrounds the murder of Sir Lachlan MacLean, an impoverished Highland laird. With bad debts, family quarrels, and shady associates, Sir Lachlan had many enemies. But while motives are not hard to find, evidence is another thing entirely. Lawyer John MacKenzie and scribe Davie Scougall turn investigator to try to track down the murderer.

Death of a Chief (John MacKenzie) (Volume 1)

Literature & Fiction

United States

Luath Press Limited

Set in the 17th century against the backdrop of political and religious conflict, the second of Watt's John MacKenzie series is as historically rich and gripping as the last. MacKenzie investigates the murder of a woman accused of witchcraft and he must act quickly when the same accusations are made against the woman's daughter. Superstition clashes with reason as Scotland moves towards the Enlightenment. The 1600s are expertly recreated with a strong sense of history and place.

Testament of a Witch (2) (John MacKenzie Series)

Set in the 17th century against the backdrop of political and religious conflict, the second of Watt's John MacKenzie series is as historically rich and gripping as the last. MacKenzie investigates the murder of a woman accused of witchcraft and he must act quickly when the same accusations are made against the woman's daughter. Superstition clashes with reason as Scotland moves towards the Enlightenment. The 1600s are expertly recreated with a strong sense of history and place.

Testament of a Witch (John Mackenzie)

I fear that everything is pre-ordained, sir. There’s nothing we can do to change the course of events. The killer’s actions are predetermined. We’re all being slaughtered one by one.
Scotland, 1688. A nation bitterly divided by religion and politics where the King’s pro-Catholic policies have unleashed the sectarian hatred of extreme Protestants. Edinburgh is a powder-keg, packed with plotters planning revolution. The mob is on the High Street each night burning effigies of the Pope and causing mayhem.
When a nobleman is assassinated by a Catholic fanatic, Protestant anger reaches fever pitch. Investigative advocate John MacKenzie and his assistant Davie Scougall must investigate the killing, but their relationship is tested like never before when they find themselves on opposing sides of the political divide.
To make matters worse, a killer is stalking the stinking streets. A disciple of revolution. A butcher in the name of God. A pilgrim of slaughter.

Pilgrim of Slaughter (John Mackenzie)

It's 1689 and the body of a young lawyer has been discovered near Craigleith Quarry, Edinburgh. Meanwhile, Bonnie Dundee is at the head of an army in the Highlands looking to crush the government forces and help restore James Stewart. Was the discovered body anything to do with the rise of the Jacobites? Or was it simply the result of an office rivalry? Did the young man perhaps have connections to criminals in the city? Investigative lawyer John MacKenzie and his assistant Scougall search for the truth in this gripping new instalment of Douglas Watt's John MacKenzie series.

The Unnatural Death of a Jacobite (John Mackenzie)

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The Price of Scotland: Darien, Union and the Wealth of Nations

The Price of Scotland: Darien, Union and the Wealth of Nations

Death of a Chief

Death of a Chief (John MacKenzie) (Volume 1)

Testament of a Witch (2) (John MacKenzie Series)

Testament of a Witch (John Mackenzie)

Pilgrim of Slaughter (John Mackenzie)

The Unnatural Death of a Jacobite (John Mackenzie)

The Price of Scotland: Darien, Union and the Wealth of Nations