Kenneth

Norse-Slayer and nation-builder, Kenneth, son of Alpin mac Eochaidh, Kingof Galloway, was the visionary who brought together the ancient kingdomsof Alba, Dalriada, Strathclyde and Galloway to create the country ofScotland. Yet his vision was wider still. He dreamed of a great coming together ofall the Celtic people, Scots, Irish, Welsh, Cornish and Manx, unitedagainst the Norse and the Anglo-Saxon invaders.
Fighting not only his country's enemies but also the fractious, obstinate wilfulness of his own people, his legacy was a nation, withits own patron saint, the apostle Andrew, that would endure from theninth century to the present day. A gripping historical novel about the origins of Scotland by NigelTranter, master of Scottish historical fiction.