A history of Scottish ancestry that combines the new genetic knowledge gained from DNA with written history and archaeology to give the first full picture of the Scots and their heritage.
Click here to see The British: A Genetic Journey by the same author.
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A 'Piece of Passion' from the publisher...
'Alistair Moffat’s two books on DNA history (The Scots: A Genetic Journey and The British: A Genetic Journey) are extraordinary achievements. As a best-selling historian and director of a highly successful DNA testing company he’s uniquely qualified to provide for the general reader an accessible yet historically and scientifically informed account of a very complicated story. He always writes very clearly (good news for any editor!) and his use of feature boxes to include fascinating complementary material only adds to the appeal.' - Andrew Simmons, Editorial Manager, Birlinn Ltd
| Primary Genre | Biographies & Autobiographies |
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History has always mattered to Scots, and rarely more so than now at the outset of a new century, with a new census appearing in 2011 and after more than ten years of a new parliament. An almost limitless archive of our history lies hidden inside our bodies and we carry the ancient story of Scotland around with us. The mushrooming of genetic studies, of DNA analysis, is rewriting our history in spectacular fashion. In Scotland: A Genetic Journey, Alistair Moffat explores the history that is printed on our genes, and in a remarkable new approach, uncovers the detail of where we are from, who we are and in so doing colour vividly a DNA map of Scotland.
The Scots A Genetic Journey features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Non-Fiction Books of the Month, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
The Scots A Genetic Journey is available in Paperback
The Scots A Genetic Journey was written by Alistair Moffat, James F. Wilson and published by Birlinn Ltd an imprint of Birlinn General
The Scots A Genetic Journey has 272 pages
