Emperor's New Kilt The Two Secret Histories of Scotland

Did you know . . . that most tartans date only from 1822? Or that the kilt was invented by a factory manager? Or that a Scot landed in America almost a century before Columbus? Or that Scotland had electric lighting 70 years before Edison patented the light bulb? Probably not, because Scotland has two secret histories. The image of the Scots as whisky-drinking, tartan-sporting, tight-fisted kilt wearers is famous throughout the world. That image is manufactured. Yet Scotland¹s reputation for producing inventors, thinkers and explorers -- people who have changed the course of world history -- is nowhere near as prevalent. The scale of Scottish influence has been totally underestimated. This book reveals Scotland¹s two secret histories. Illustrated.Henderson, Jan-Andrew is the author of 'Emperor's New Kilt The Two Secret Histories of Scotland', published 0019 under ISBN 9780756786458 and ISBN 0756786452.