David Ross
David Ross has written numerous books on aspects of Scottish history and culture, some serious and some less so. His most recent isThe Killing Time, a study of Scotland between the Covenant of 1638 and the Union of 1707. Scottish humour is a particular interest, and he is compiler and editor of the best-selling Awa’ an’ Bile Yer Heid, an anthology of choice Scottish insults. He is currently working on anthology of Scottish humour from its earliest appearances to the present day.-birlinn.co.uk
Works (23)
1001 pearls of wisdom
Scottish quotations
Scottish place-names
2001
The story of David Livingstone
2001
The xenophobe's guide to the Scots
The pocket book of Scottish quotations
Angel inspirations
2010
The illustrated history of British steam railways
England
A little book of Scottish verse
Ancient Sotland
Auld enemies
2002
MacRory's breeks and other Highland humour
Palaces
1998
Awa'An'Bile Yer Heid!
November 1999
The killing time
British steam railways
I fought at Bannockburn
2001
W. B. Yeats
2001
The story of Rob Roy
The male of a cow
Scots-English, English-Scots dictionary
Xenophobe's guide to the Scots