This one is sort of unusual for me because I am typically bored to tears by any kind of warfare or military history. It's not interesting to me, I don't care about battle tactics, artillery, or anything having to do with that aspect of wars. I am far more interested in societal and cultural impacts of said wars.

That being said, I love Scotland so much, my daughter's middle name is Edin, (pronounced phonetically), because I love Edinburgh also SO MUCH (and naming her Eleanor Edinburgh seemed kind of mean). So, yes, I will read about clan battles in the Middle Ages because who wouldn't be interested in that kind of history?

I was familiar with most of the clans that the author discussed, but was delighted to get so much more detail than I expected, given the time period these battles occurred in (1430s-1540s). We see the Mackays, Sutherlands, MacDonalds, Mackenzies, Maclains, MacLeods, and Frasers at various times in that 100+ years, all vying for glory, dominance, land, revenge, and recognition.

The battles themselves were described in intense detail and at times you feel like you're there on the battlefield. We get all the things that typically do not interest me - strategies/tactics each clan employed, as well as their weapons and armor of choice. Not only are the battles recorded here for us, but so are the eventual fates of the clans as a whole and their eventual loss of independence, though the land had been theirs for hundreds of years in some cases.

The book runs a bit under two hundred pages, but the author has packed tons of research into it. Definitely recommended for those with an interest in the subject.

Book: Clan Battles: Warfare on The Scottish Highlands
Author: Chris Peers
Length: 184 pages
Overall Rating: 5/5 Stars
Blog Rating: 5/5 Saltire Flags

Book: Clan Battles: Warfare in the Scottish Highlands
Author: Chris Peers
Length: 184 Pages
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Overall Rating:5 stars
Blog Rating: 5 stars

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! I loved this book so much. As I have Scottish ancestry plus I have visited the Scottish highlands a few years ago in the Isle of Skye, Inverness, Dornie, Kyle of Lochalsh in the highlands

Even though I do know a lot about Scottish history, the Jacobite cause and the highland clearances from the slaughter at Culloden Battlefield in on April 16, 1746, Glencoe Massacre 1692,, Battle of Bannockburn, 1314: Robert the Bruce's final victory, Battle of Stirling Bridge 1297 etc. I also definitely appreciated this book so much with all the resources and information it contained which was absolutely fabulous.

I am also aware of clan wars in the highlands. Clans like The MacLeod’s and the MacDonalds who were bitter enemies. As everyone wanted to steal the MacLeods well known Fairy Flag and other magical items they treasured. There were many other clan wars which caused cattle and sheep stealing and other scrimmages.

Furthermore, readers will discover the phenomenal research on this book is very well documented, fascinating and very well informed. However, there was information that was new to me too which was very exciting too! This is the first book I read from this author as I was extremely impressed from all the areas Peers covered.

Disclaimer: I received a free advance readers copy from the publisher. I voluntarily agreed to do an honest, fair, review and blog through netgalley. All words, thoughts, ideas are my own.

Ever since I’ve read romance book set in the Scottish Highlands I have always been interested in their clans and then this book just like the first one written by the author we learn about seven more famous battles the clan names are familiar with the battles or not and I am not going to try and butcher any of them in this review. Just know if there’s anything you wanted to know about clans in the battles you need to read clan battles by Chris Pierce. I say there’s only the mention of seven battles but it feels like they had more than that but you’ll have to read and decide for yourself. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend that I love great nonfiction and would definitely put this in that category. I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher but I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

Scotland has always been fascinating to me. The history, the clans, the amazing countryside.
Clan Battles is well written and interesting. Imagery along the way, makes the history easy to follow and breaks it up.