Favorite Retro Reads set in Scotland

[Amy]

My family is going to Scotland for about three weeks and I thought it would be fun to read books set there while there.

What are your favorite books set in Scotland?

I know Mary Stewart and DE Stevenson have written most/many of their books in that setting. Any of those not to miss?

Thanks!

[Karlyne]

The Mary Stewart group is reading Wildfire at Midnight, and it's the definite Scotland novel! I just finished The Baker's Daughter by D.E. Stevenson, and I enjoyed especially the descriptions.

Elizabeth Goudge wrote The Middle Window about a rather odd Scottish family and their ghosts. Not my favorite of hers, but definitely readable and full of history.

What about Robert Louis Stevenson? Or Alexander McCall Smith?

[Abigail]

One of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries is set in Scotland, Five Red Herrings by Dorothy Sayers. I should note, though, that it is not most people’s favorite.

[Karlyne]

I always forget which one Five Red Herrings is. Any artists involved, Abigail?

[Abigail]

Yes, it’s all artists and fishing and railroad timetables.

[Karlyne]

That's the one! Obviously not my favorite, but anything Sayers is worth reading -for me, anyway.

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽]

Here's a Goodreads list for you, Amy!
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...

The Game of Kings is wonderful, but it is NOT light reading.

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽]

Celia's House is one of D.E. Stevenson's books set in Scotland, and I'd recommend it as an enjoyable retro read.

Drat, I just check and you've read it already, Amy. And Amberwell too, of course. Sorry, that's all I've got! Oh well.

[Karlyne]

Crooked Adam is another one, written during the War, if I remember right. A bit rushed reading, but I liked it!

[Peggy]

For anyone who hasn't read it, Celia's House is on sale for Kindle today.

Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ wrote: "Celia's House is one of D.E. Stevenson's books set in Scotland, and I'd recommend it as an enjoyable retro read.

Drat, I just check and you've read it already, Amy. And Amberwell to..."

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽]

Peggy wrote: "For anyone who hasn't read it, Celia's House is on sale for Kindle today."

Ooh, I just read it last year but $2.99 is tempting.

[Elinor]

I absolutely loved Geordie, by Canadian author David Walker. It was made into a movie as well.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[Carolien]

Anna Buchan's books are worth taking a look at. She grew up in a manse in Scotland and many of her books are based on her experience. Her autobiography is fascinating Unforgettable, Unforgotten.

She wrote the rest of her books under a pseudonym O. Douglas. She is the sister of John Buchan who wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps.

[Sana]

I would also suggest The Middle Window by Elizabeth Goudge I really liked the story, and of course Outlander by Diana Gabaldon which is my favourite fiction set in Scotland

[Amy]

So I've added some Elizabeth Goudge to my Kindle along with rereads of a number of favorite DE Stevenson books. Thanks all!

Oh ... and Five Red Herrings is my least favorite of the Wimsey novels. Time tables. Blech. :) Possibly I'm just not clever enough to follow along!

[Karlyne]

Amy wrote: "So I've added some Elizabeth Goudge to my Kindle along with rereads of a number of favorite DE Stevenson books. Thanks all!

Oh ... and Five Red Herrings is my least favorite of the Wimsey novels. ..."

Dry, time-tables are very dry, unless taken with copious amounts of tea and scones.