Adventurers and Exiles

'the Scots Have Always Been A Restless People', Says Leading Scottish Historian Marjory Harper 'but In The Nineteenth Century Their Restlessness Exploded Into A Sustained Surge Of Emigration That Carried Scotland Almost To The Top Of A European League Table Of Emigrant Exporting Countries.' This Is The First Book To Provide A Comprehensive Account Of That 'great Exodus'. In Many Ways It Challenges The Popular Belief That The Scottish Diaspora Were Reluctant Exiles. There Were Indeed Those Who Went Unwillingly Through Clearance, Kidnapping Or Banishment. Orphans, And (frequently Against Thei Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. English