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By Timothy Venning

the dominion of Scots used to be the final of the non-Anglo-Saxon states of england to outlive as a political entity. by myself of the 'Celtic' international locations, it was once no longer absorbed into England via conquest. James VI of Scotland got here to the throne of britain in 1603, and whilst union with England eventually got here in 1707 throughout the reign of Queen Anne, it used to be technically on equivalent phrases. This luck owed a lot to the talents and tenacity of a succession of rulers, from the time that the multiplicity of states was once merged into one state. the tale of the rulers of Scotland's constituent states after which of the uk of Scots from Kenneth MacAlpin onwards is advanced and infrequently violent. it's filled with swift reversals of fortune, excellent and incompetent management, relatives strife, and triumph and tragedy heavily intertwined. The imprecise past historical past is frequently as attention-grabbing because the better-known tales of the Bruce and Queen Mary although much less commonly used. This saga of one thousand years bears tribute to the features of Scotland's rulers.

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