Expert: Mark Smith - 7/21/2006

Question
Hi there.

I would like to ask you about scotland in 1644.
I´m writting a novel on that ages but i need a lot of information about ways of life,polity,religion, how they dressed, what their dreams...something that help me to write a good book and look real.
I hope you may give a hand.
thanks a lot
all the best

athos

Answer
Hello Athos. As a good guide to Scotland during the period of the Civil War I'd recommend two novels by the great author of Scottish historical fiction, Nigel Tranter. "The Young Montrose" and "Montrose: The Captain General" cover the period 1637-50 and tell the story of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose. They are full of convincing detail.
Mark