From the Celtic sea-farers to the Cutty Sark and the Royal Yacht Britannia - Osborne and Armstrong champion great ships. Combining the ships' histories with their involvement and significance in Scottish life and imagination, this is a unique study of Scotland's oft forgotten maritime legacy. Not just a book for ship enthusiasts, this lavishly illustrated, highly accessible and readable account of Scotland's great ships will capture your imagination and leave you dreaming of life on the high seas.

Set in the Highlands in the bitter years following the tragic failure of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. The story begins as an aristocratic French adventurer arrives at Castle Doom on a mission to solve a murderous secret. Neil Munro is the author of The New Road and John Splendid.