Scotland's Kings and Queens: Their Lives and Times (Discovering Historic Scotland Series)

This volume looks at the monarchs who ruled Scotland form the earliest kings of the Picts and the Scots to James VI and the time of the union with England. It follows the expansion of their domain and the fluctuating relations with the monarchs to the south, and explores the role of their households and the Church in support of their power. A look at their leisure pursuits rounds off this picture of just what it meant to be a monarch of the Scottish realm.